A/HRC/16/66 48. In the context of rapid response, the Section supported the deployment of Human Rights observers to the elections in Togo; the establishment of the panel for the follow-up to the Goldstone report; the establishment of the international fact-finding mission on the Gaza flotilla (A/HRC/RES/14/1); the establishment of the United Nations Secretary General Advisory Panel on the Sri Lankan conflict; the opening of the Guinea country office and the dispatch of a team of observers to monitor the human rights situation during the elections; and the establishment of the temporary emergency operation in southern Kyrgyzstan. An initial training session on fact-finding and investigative skills for some of the roster members took place in September 2010. 49. The Board learned of the progress on Early Warning tools being developed by the section to support senior management decision-making during crises. It heard about OHCHR coordination with the IASC sub-Working Group on Preparedness and the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Finally, it learned about the relaunch of the Human Rights violations database project and about the plans to roll out the database initially in Mexico, Uganda, Nepal, Burundi and Côte d’Ivoire. G. National human rights institutions and regional mechanisms 50. The Board was updated on the cooperation by the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section with the geographic sections, Treaty Bodies Division, Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division, field presences, UNDP offices and UNCTs in carrying out their work. In the course of the year OHCHR held regional workshops on regional arrangements to enhance regional and subregional arrangements for human rights mechanisms. The Board learned of the successful outcome of three consultations held in Addis Ababa, Strasbourg and Washington DC in the preparation of the international workshop on enhancing cooperation between international and regional mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, held in Geneva in May 2010 pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 12/15. The workshops were attended by experts from regional mechanisms and treaty bodies inter alia, which resulted in a series of recommendations, among which the appointment of focal points within regional arrangements to liaise with the United Nations System. 51. The Board was updated on the strengthening of national institutions and the provision of technical assistance to NHRIs in partnership with UNDP and Governments and was heartened to note the support from UNDP senior management in reiterating their strategic partnership with OHCHR in the establishment and strengthening of NHRIs for the promotion and protection of human rights at domestic level. It also learned of the ongoing fellowship programme and the status of accreditation of the NHRIs. VI. A. Translation of human rights themes and mechanisms into the OHCHR Technical Cooperation Programme and Policy recommendations Human Rights Council 52. The Board was updated on the current Human Rights Council review Working Group dealing with issues of substance and procedures and was informed of the Code of Conduct for special procedures mandate holders, the Complaints Procedures and the link that technical cooperation could provide to address human rights violations in the field. 12