A/HRC/16/66 mandate, OHCHR has had the opportunity to increase its presence in the State and organize missions to follow up on human rights violations. The Board learned of the plan to implement the human rights-based approach programme in partnership with the Government, the military and civil society. It noted that addressing impunity and providing public security is a challenge in the region. The Board was informed of the successful cooperation in Ecuador with the UNCT and the implementation of joint programmes on judiciary reform and technical advice on the new constitution in Ecuador. F. Capacity- and institution-building in the context of United Nations peace operations 45. The Board received an overview of the activities carried out by the Peace Mission Support and Rapid Response Section of OHCHR. The activities of the section are broadly divided into four main areas: rapid response, human rights in humanitarian action, peace missions support, and roster management for peace missions. The Board learned of the evolving role of this section in managing partnerships at headquarters and field level during crises (including during humanitarian emergencies) and in the context of the United Nations peace and security agenda (Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)) and Department of Political Affairs lead missions). 46. The Section guides OHCHR engagement in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the primary mechanism for inter-agency coordination of humanitarian assistance involving the key United Nations and non-United Nations humanitarian partners4. The section supports OHCHR’s role in the Protection Cluster, including when the Office has committed to lead the inter-agency protection efforts at the field level such as in the case of Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. The challenge faced by OHCHR is the mainstreaming of human rights from early warning to preparedness, contingency planning, emergency response and transition to recovery. It was emphasized that early engagement of OHCHR in humanitarian processes contributes to a switch from needs-based to rightsbased delivery of humanitarian assistance. The Board learned of the challenges faced by the Office while working in Haiti and in Kyrgyzstan. OHCHR is also organizing six regional consultations to take place in 2010-2011 on human rights and humanitarian action in West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, the Middle East, Central and Southern America and South East Asia with the objective to further enhance the Office’s operational capacity to engage effectively in humanitarian preparedness and response activities. The consultations are also being undertaken within the broader ambit of contributing to the development of an Office-wide framework for engagement in humanitarian action. 47. The Board was informed about progress in the field of consolidating the integration of human rights within the peace and security agenda of the United Nations. In terms of recent developments, the Board was heartened to note the discussions taking place at the highest level of the United Nations system on the possibility of applying the conditionality policy to all peacekeeping missions, which establishes that the military component of United Nations missions cannot provide support to national armed forces if they are found to have been involved in human rights violations. It was noted that OHCHR continues to play a key role in the selection for recruitment of human rights officers in United Nations peace missions formally under DPKO by providing substantive clearance of candidates. The Office also advises on and facilitates the selection process of the Heads of Human Rights components. 4 IASC was established in June 1992 in response to General Assembly resolution 46/182 on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian assistance. 11