A/HRC/10/57 page 6 time, the Board highlighted the difficulties in measuring the impact on human rights and emphasized that indicators should be seen primarily as a tool for States to assess their progress with regard to implementation of rights and to allow them to compare different strategies. 12. In the framework of the twenty-ninth session, the Deputy High Commissioner invited the Board members, as well as senior managers from the field and from Headquarters, to join her in a round table to discuss the ongoing efforts to develop an OHCHR performance monitoring system. The discussion had the aim of facilitating an interactive space in which senior managers from the field and Headquarters would be able to better understand the system proposed and contribute jointly to the refinement of next steps in the process of implementing this system at both the national and global levels. An introductory presentation by the OHCHR Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Section on the process developed to date in order to implement the system was followed by a session of questions and answers. The Deputy High Commissioner stressed the fact that performance monitoring was an internal necessity, a United Nations requirement and a donors’ request. The Board noted that OHCHR would gradually set up the system that it will use to monitor its own performance effectively, for full implementation by 2010. IV. CAPACITY AND INSTITUTION-BUILDING ACTIVITIES: HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMPONENTS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACE MISSIONS A. Human rights advisers in United Nations country teams 13. The Board was updated on recent developments affecting the work of human rights advisers, including with regard to human rights mainstreaming in United Nations country teams and the role of United Nations Resident Coordinators with regard to advocacy on human rights. The Board noted with interest the latest developments in the context of the United Nations Development Group reform, including the agreement on the management and accountability of the Resident Coordinator system. The Board in particular acknowledged the decision of the Secretary-General on human rights and development, which stipulated the roles and responsibilities of Resident Coordinators in human rights. The Board stressed the importance of availability of specific training and guidance to Resident Coordinators on how to address human rights challenges and political tensions at the country level, going beyond the conventional training on the human rights-based approach to development. The Board welcomed the recent study on OHCHR performance in mainstreaming human rights within the United Nations at the country level, with a special focus on capacity development, joint advocacy, programming and overall strategy. 14. The Board was also briefed on the outcome of the session on human rights advisers in the framework of OHCHR annual consultations. The Board noted that the demands and expectations with regard to advisers are very high and that it is difficult at times for them to address all the demands made of them. The Board also noted that the support currently available to advisers, from partners as well as from within OHCHR, significantly differs according to the country they are based in. The Board recommended that support for human rights advisers should be strengthened, while ensuring that a minimum standard of support is available to all of them.