A/HRC/34/43 and undertake actions to ensure that human rights violations are not repeated.1 The country office provided expertise in developing and validating national consultation tools and contributed to the success of the various stages of the national consultations, from the development of the project through to the dissemination of the recommendations. 51. From 15 to 25 February, the country office took part in the organization of national pre-consultation sessions in Conakry, Boké and Kindia. This exercise made it possible to test the tools that had been developed and to recommend ways of improving them. From 7 March to 11 April, the country office was involved in providing technical training to the international firm recruited to ensure that the national consultations, which took place in the seven administrative regions of the country, were in line with relevant existing international standards. Following the consultations, the Provisional Commission for Reflection on National Reconciliation, with technical support from the country office, held a national workshop on 31 May to present the final report on the national consultations. With regard to the participatory nature of the consultations, the country office took part in the information session for civil society and professional media organizations that was held from 13 to 27 June to publicize the results of the national consultations to the general public. Throughout the process, the country office held discussions with officials of victims’ associations and encouraged them to pool their resources and work together to defend their rights. 52. On 29 June, the Provisional Commission for Reflection on National Reconciliation organized an official ceremony in Conakry to present to the President of the Republic the interim report on the national consultations in support of the national reconciliation process in Guinea. The contribution made by the country office to the organization of the national consultations was highly appreciated by all the stakeholders involved. 53. Furthermore, from 26 to 29 July, the country office organized a training session for all members of parliament entitled “Strengthening parliament as a guardian of human rights and a guarantor of the national reconciliation process in Guinea contributes to peacebuilding”. The subject chosen for the training session helped to raise legislators’ awareness of their responsibilities in promoting and protecting human rights and of the need to shed light on the past and to allocate responsibility. At the end of the workshop, women parliamentarians committed themselves to bringing together political stakeholders, making quality contributions to the drafting and adoption of a law on the establishment of a truth commission and striving to better incorporate the human rights approach in parliamentary work. B. Cooperation with international human rights protection mechanisms 54. On 2 and 3 June, the country office provided a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in combating the trafficking and exploitation of children in Guinea with technical support in organizing and conducting a workshop on the planning of advocacy activities for the implementation of the recommendations made to Guinea by: 1 10 According to the International Commission of Inquiry into the events of 28 September 2009, “in order to enable the people of Guinea to make a fresh start, it is also necessary to shed light on the painful past that Guinea has experienced since its independence, with a view to promoting national reconciliation. It is in fact impossible to promote reconciliation, with respect for each individual and each sector of society, without making the search for truth a prerequisite for this much needed exercise. This historical clarification has a number of benefits. In addition to relieving the suffering of victims, it would help lay the foundations for policies and mechanisms aimed at ensuring that the same mistakes are not made again”. GE.17-00658