A/HRC/31/27 communities – Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim – not only during the period covered by the OHCHR mandate, but also over past decades. The High Commissioner expressed his hope that the new Government would seize this unique opportunity to articulate the common vision of an interdependent, just, equitable, open and diverse society. 17. Also in September 2015, the High Commissioner expressed serious concern at the ongoing forced eviction of Roma and Travellers in a number of European States, including in France and Bulgaria. He urged States to make greater efforts to treat the Roma sensitively and fairly, in accordance with international standards, emphasizing that failure to do so tended to exacerbate entrenched popular discrimination against what was already one of the most deprived and marginalized minorities in Europe. 18. In September 2015, OHCHR submitted a report to the Human Rights Council on the violations and abuses committed by Boko Haram and the impact on human rights in the affected countries, pursuant to Council resolution S-23/1 (A/HRC/30/31). In the report, OHCHR described how the insurgency had exacerbated tensions between communities and religions and increased the risk of further violence among communities. 19. In Serbia, OHCHR provided advice for the development of a new strategy for the social inclusion of the Roma community, strengthening in particular the human rights dimension of the plan as well as aspects related to discrimination in employment. OHCHR also supported the establishment and development of a new government mechanism for the implementation of international human rights recommendations, pursuant to an order of the Government in its decision of 10 December 2014, and in development throughout 2015. OHCHR, jointly with the United Nations country team, the Government and other relevant partners developed a new United Nations development assistance framework, including a specific chapter on human rights, and setting out a number of targets for Roma inclusion and aiming at representation of Romani women in Parliament. 20. In the Republic of Moldova, with the support of OHCHR, 24 Roma community mediators, were trained to document and address discrimination in their communities. In addition, two cases of Roma discrimination followed by OHCHR are being resolved through mediation between the parties concerned. 21. In December 2015, OHCHR and the United Nations office in Nepal organized a workshop to support the work of the National Dalit Commission, the National Human Rights Commission, the National Women’s Commission and civil society organizations on caste-based discrimination. The workshop was followed by a round-table discussion with United Nations staff in Nepal to take stock of current initiatives to combat this form of discrimination. 22. OHCHR also worked closely with regional organizations in the area of minority rights. For example, it contributed to the Council of Europe conference on the theme “Minority protection at a crossroads”, hosted by the Åland Islands Peace Institute in March 2015, and the conference on minority rights 25 years after the adoption of the Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Vienna in November 2015. In both instances, OHCHR stressed the complementarity of regional and United Nations standards and mechanisms on minorities and explored further areas of cooperation between the organizations concerned. 5