A/HRC/7/20 page 17 intermediaries. Upon arrival at the border, Mongolian authorities offer them initial shelter before sending them to Ulaanbaatar for more detailed processing prior to resettlement in another country. Clearly a consistent challenge is to afford them protection and assistance, consistent with international human rights standards and/or international refugee law, at all stages of the migration process. This entails the responsibility to protect these persons accessibly and effectively, in the interlinked chain of countries from the source, through transit, to the final destination. 59. With regard to responses to the situation, the country has cooperated well with UNHCR, particularly in improving the physical conditions of the facilities sheltering asylum-seekers from the country. It has published in Mongolian a book on refugee-related instruments, as well as the UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies, with the support of UNHCR. It is also in the process of joining the International Organization for Migration which will be an additional avenue to address migration issues in the region. 60. The following preferred orientations are thus underlined: − The Special Rapporteur welcomes Mongolia’s consideration of accession to the Convention on the Status of Refugees and its Protocol, and urges expeditious accession to these treaties, complemented by effective implementation at the national and local levels. − The Special Rapporteur welcomes Mongolia’s future accession to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, and encourages victim-sensitive procedures as part of the implementation process to ensure that victims of human trafficking and/or human smuggling are not criminalized, with due regard to gender sensitivity and the needs of special groups such as children. − The Special Rapporteur invites the Mongolian authorities to continue the policy of affording humane treatment to those seeking asylum in the country, with the provision of facilities to meet their physical and psychological needs, including the possibility of counselling in the Korean language to alleviate their traumas, and productive activities, including vocational training and education, pending their departure to the resettlement country. − The Special Rapporteur recommends a broad capacity-building process, in cooperation with civil society, to convey a positive image of those who seek asylum in the country, including training of officials on international standards, and awareness-raising among parliamentarians and the public to nurture an attitude of empathy towards those who seek protection in Mongolia. − The Special Rapporteur supports continued and strengthened cooperation between the Mongolian authorities and United Nations agencies, including UNHCR, to promote and protect human rights, including the rights of those who seek asylum, in accordance with international standards, complemented by procedures to promote the identification of cases needing protection, fostering transparency in the spirit of international solidarity and responsibility-sharing.