A/HRC/16/20 rights education and training programmes, developed related tools and provides assistance to Governments, institutions and civil society.13 OHCHR has continued to develop effective human rights education and training methodologies based on best practices. OHCHR finalized “Evaluating Human Rights Training Activities: A Handbook for Human Rights Educators”, a forthcoming joint publication with EQUITAS - The International Centre for Human Rights Education. From 2008 to 2010, through the “Assisting Communities Together” Project, OHCHR supported 95 grassroots human rights education and training projects in 28 countries. 71. OHCHR also continued to coordinate the World Programme for Human Rights Education. In August, on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System, OHCHR submitted to the General Assembly the final evaluation report (A/65/322) of the first phase of the Programme (2005–2009), which focused on human rights education in the school system. 72. In July, OHCHR submitted to the Council the draft plan of action (A/HRC/15/28) for the second phase (2010–2014), focusing on human rights in higher education and on human rights training for teachers and educators, civil servants, law enforcement officials and military personnel, which was adopted by the Council in September in resolution 15/11. F. Human rights in situations of armed conflict 1. Human rights, peace and security 73. OHCHR has continued to work in close cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Field Support (DFS) to strengthen the integration of human rights in the United Nations peace and security agenda, including through the development of policies and operational guidance for peacekeeping and special political missions, active participation in mission planning, as well as substantive and operational support through human rights components of peace missions. In the 17 peacekeeping and special political missions with human rights components, OHCHR provides substantive and human resources support, including policy and planning related advice from headquarters, ensuring the quality of human rights specialists serving in or applying to missions, professional training to human rights staff. 74. OHCHR was involved in efforts to enhance the implementation of Security Council mandates for the protection of civilians. As I have emphasized in my July and November addresses to the Security Council, effective human rights monitoring and reporting are central to the protection of civilians in order to prevent the commission of violations and to ensure accountability for violations. OHCHR contributed to the DPKO/DFS Operational Concept for the Protection of Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and to the development of a framework for mission-wide strategies for the protection of civilians. Globally, OHCHR is also contributing to a broader inter-agency review of United Nations experiences of providing support to non-United Nations security forces, with the aim to ensure that it is based on respect for human rights and international humanitarian law. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, OHCHR played an essential role in devising a full range of measures to adhere to the Security Council’s request that United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) support to military operations of the Congolese army be strictly conditioned on compliance with international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law. OHCHR is also actively 13 More information is available from www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/training/index.htm. 15