A/HRC/31/48 holding of national consultations, the role of the Provisional Commission and the involvement of victims in the transitional justice process. During these activities , which were run by the country office and designed for local State actors and civil society organizations, 4,037 people (including 1,076 women) were made aware of the need for a participatory and inclusive approach to dealing with the country’s past. 67. The country office assisted the Provisional Commission in drawing up and carrying out a strategy for publicizing and promoting participation in the national consultations, including by providing technical expertise to the Provisional Commission’s media team. B. 1. Cooperation with international human rights protection mechanisms Universal periodic review 68. The country office’s advocacy work and technical assistance led to the submission of the second periodic report of Guinea to the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/WG.6/21/GIN/1), which was considered on 20 January 2015. Following its consideration, 194 recommendations were made to the Government. In its reply of June 2015, the Government accepted 180 of the recommendations and took note of the other 14, which mainly concerned the abolition of the death penalty and the protection of lesbians, gays, bisexual s and transgender persons. 69. The recommendations that were accepted dealt with, inter alia, the signing and ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Conventi on on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court; the establishment of the Independent National Human Rights Institution; the continued reform of the justice and security sector; the fight against female genital mutilation, including circumcision; the struggle against impunity; the protection of the rights of vulnerable persons, including detainees, women and children; and national reconciliation. 70. The country office works closely with the Government and civil society on the implementation of these recommendations. In December 2015, the country office met with the relevant partners to formulate an implementation plan, taking into account the achievements and progress made in carrying out the recommendations stemming from the universal periodic review of 2010. 2. Cooperation with treaty bodies 71. The country office continued to help its Guinean partners to catch up on the submission of reports to the treaty bodies. It provided support to the interministerial committee on human rights for the preparation and submission of the initial report of Guinea to the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. This report, which should have been submitted in 2004, was transmitted in July 2015. In that connection, on 26 August 2015, the country office ran a training session for the members of the interministerial committee on taking ownership of the report, raising awareness of the rights enshrined in the Convention and preparing the delegation responsible for defending the report in Geneva. In its concluding observations, the Committee encouraged Guinea to consider adopting a migration policy (see CMW/C/GIN/CO/1, para. 8). 12/15 GE.16-00828