A/HRC/12/46 page 9 prevented from active and equal participation in efforts to maintain and promote peace and security. All States have responsibilities under the resolutions, in particular States in conflict and post-conflict situations, but also those States that provide post-conflict assistance. The use of special measures to promote greater equality, as well as awareness of the rights upon which the resolutions are based, are fundamental to their efficacy. 24. Few States have drawn up a national action plan on resolution 1325 (2000) and those that have face the challenge of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of their plan. It is important to disseminate resolution 1325 (2000), both in countries in a conflict and/or post-conflict situation and in countries that supply personnel for peacekeeping missions, to ensure awareness of its content and the rights it recognizes. Coordination of ministries is key to evaluating the activities conducted and to formulating additional measures if new needs arise, as is the inclusion of civil society in this process. OHCHR is also an active member of United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict, an inter-agency initiative launched in 2007 to amplify and better coordinate the United Nations response to rape as a tactic of war (as identified in resolution 1820 (2008)). B. Human Rights Council 25. The Human Rights Council should be recognized for ensuring that efforts have been made to integrate the human rights of women and a gender perspective into its work from the outset. Resolution 6/30, which had 73 co-sponsors and was adopted without a vote, represents an important step forward in itself. However, the challenge that remains is how to ensure in practical terms that the Council addresses the rights of women and girls directly, and that it also applies a gender perspective across all its work. 1. Programme of work 26. In resolution 6/30 the Council decided to incorporate into its programme of work two annual meetings to discuss each issue. The purpose of one annual meeting is to discuss the substantive issue of the human rights of women, including the question of violence against women. The purpose of the second is to discuss the methodology for how to integrate a gender perspective throughout the Council and its mechanisms. Evaluating its own work is an innovative feature of the Human Rights Council. (a) Human rights of women, including the question of violence against women 27. On 5 June 2008, during its eighth session, the Council formally considered the human rights of women for the first time since its inception in 2006, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 61/143, in the form of an expert panel discussion entitled “Addressing violence against women: setting priorities”.13 The panel called for, inter alia, greater State commitment to 13 All presentations at this panel, and statements by members and observers, can be found at portal.ohchr.org/portal/page/portal/HRCExtranet/8thSession/OralStatements/050608/Tab2h (password required).