A/HRC/10/57 page 5 recommended that further work should be carried out to systematically operationalize relevant concepts and standards and to continue enhancing capacity, knowledge and skills both at Headquarters and in the field. The Board underlined the fact that enhancing institutional commitment within OHCHR to raise economic, social and cultural rights to the same level as civil and political rights, as well as addressing the lack of understanding and knowledge of those rights in OHCHR remains a priority challenge. With regard to measuring the success of the Office’s work on economic, social and cultural rights, the Board highlighted the importance of developing monitoring tools. 8. With regard to specific rights, the Board received an update on the activities carried out by the Office in the area of disabilities, including the recent developments regarding the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto. The Board highlighted the need for a strategy to integrate the provisions of the Convention into the work throughout the United Nations system in order to operationalize the principles therein and to enhance its implementation. 9. In view of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Board was briefed on indigenous and minority fellowship programmes. The Board learned about the successful cooperation with other United Nations agencies in these areas and encouraged further application of this good practice. The Board recommended that these issues be integrated firmly into the work of the Office. It also noted possible areas of future cooperation, in particular the promotion of the Declaration, staff training and capacity-building at the country level, development of guidelines, the establishment of a forum on indigenous issues and follow-up to the fellowship programmes. 10. Ahead of the 2009 Durban Review Conference that will review progress and assess implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in order to foster its implementation, the Board received an overview of the preparatory process. The Board noted the various internal task forces, panels and working groups that have been set up within OHCHR to prepare for the Review Conference and the regional meetings that had been organized. The Board appreciated the efforts by the Office, in particular field presences, to engage with United Nations country teams and non-governmental organizations for their participation in the Conference. The Board regarded the dissemination of the first e-bulletin for non-governmental organizations on the Durban Review Conference as an important tool to support their engagement in the process. 11. Concerning the ongoing work of OHCHR on human rights indicators, the Board took note of the new report on indicators for promoting and monitoring the implementation of human rights (HRI/MC/2008/3), which provides an outline of the conceptual and methodological framework as it has evolved over the past two years. The Board appreciated the fact that the framework had been subject to a validation exercise through workshops and consultations with members of treaty bodies, special rapporteurs, United Nations agencies, academics and non-governmental organizations and with country-level stakeholders, namely human rights institutions, relevant governmental bodies, statistical agencies, non-governmental organizations and United Nations country teams in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Board acknowledged the importance of having indicators to measure the impact of the Office’s activities. At the same