A/HRC/41/24 Special Advisers, the Conference established the Regional Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination in 2010. In addition, and also with the support of the Office, the Central African Republic, the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania have established national committees in accordance with the Protocol. 28. The Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention was established in 2012. It currently includes 18 States from the region. The Network is designed as a collaborative effort aimed at building national and regional capacities for strengthening policies on the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes. 29. At the international level, the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes is a global, inclusive, voluntary network established in 2013 by States, civil society and academic institutions. It aims at providing an open and global forum to facilitate greater international cooperation, networking, exchange of experiences, trusted peer-to-peer support, sharing of information and provision of expertise among States and organizations interested in operationalizing the prevention of atrocity crimes. Also at an international level, the Global Network of Responsibility to Protect Focal Points was established in 2010 by several States and currently has more than 60 members representing every region of the world. The focal points are senior officials appointed within their respective Governments to facilitate national mechanisms for atrocity prevention and promote international cooperation and the implementation of the responsibility to protect principle. C. Early detection and prevention within the United Nations system 30. Established in the aftermath of the Second World War, the United Nations embodied the hope that never again should populations endure horrors such as those witnessed during the Holocaust. The Organization was expected to maintain international peace and security by preventing and removing threats to the peace, as well as suppressing acts of aggression and other breaches of the peace, including by intervening in situations of conflict. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which have recently marked their seventieth anniversaries, came into existence with that objective in mind. Over the years, the United Nations has developed opportunities and mechanisms that Member States can make use of to enhance atrocity prevention efforts. 31. One of those opportunities is the engagement with my Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect, who work together in a joint office. The Special Advisers are specifically mandated to act as catalysts to raise awareness on the causes and dynamics of genocide and other atrocity crimes. They issue alerts where there is a risk and advocate and mobilize for appropriate action. They also support capacitybuilding and awareness-raising on atrocity prevention and early warning. Several Member States have cooperated with these mandates by engaging with the Special Advisers on national, regional and international issues relevant to their mandates, including the conceptualization and operationalization of the responsibility to protect principle. 32. In-country visits of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide provide opportunities for States to assess strengths and areas needing further support to build resilience to prevent atrocity crimes or address ongoing atrocity crimes. Many countries have welcomed those visits. In March 2018, the Special Adviser travelled to Bangladesh at the invitation of the Government to visit the camps of Rohingya refugees and discuss issues of concern for the protection of refugees and the prevention of future crimes against this population. In January 2018, the Special Adviser conducted a visit to the region of the Western Balkans that included Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, where he explored existing challenges for reconciliation as well as opportunities to overcome them. The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo welcomed the recommendations of the Special Adviser during his visit to the country in 2017, including on accountability for serious violations committed by the country’s armed forces as well as by fighters during the Kamwina Nsapu rebellion in the Kasai region, mostly against civilian 7