A/HRC/13/44 87. With UNDP and the NHRIs of Denmark, India, South Africa and Uganda, OHCHR developed a toolkit for United Nations country teams on how to support the establishment and consolidation of an NHRI. The toolkit was validated in Johannesburg in May 2009 by representatives of about 40 UNDP regional and country offices. It is expected that the toolkit will be officially launched by the High Commissioner and UNDP Administrator in 2010. 88. UNDP and OHCHR continued to cooperate on joint initiatives, such as supporting the capacity development of NHRIs in Asia and the Pacific, supporting the adoption of a document to assist institutions to implement a human rights-based approach to elections in the Arab region, and reinforcing the capacity of NHRIs from the Commonwealth of Independent States and Croatia to interact with the international human rights system. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 89. OHCHR attended the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights in Paris on 25 and 26 May 2009. The meeting, organized by UNESCO and the NHRI of Egypt, was attended by 24 representatives of Governments, NHRIs, NGOs and regional and international organizations. International Ombudsman Institute 90. OHCHR attended the Ninth International Ombudsman Institute World Conference, held in Stockholm from 9 to 12 June 2009. In addressing the meeting, the High Commissioner focused on current challenges to the protection and promotion of human rights, stressed the growing importance of the role of national human rights commissions and ombudsman institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights at the national, regional and international levels, and encouraged increased cooperation among regional and international associations of ombudsmen and NHRIs in the context of the Paris Principles, as well as between these organizations and the United Nations system as a whole. United Nations Children’s Fund 91. On 22 and 23 June 2009, OHCHR participated in the regional seminar on the creation of independent human rights institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child: effective approaches for African French-speaking countries, organized by the UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, the Innocenti Research Centre and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie in Bamako. OHCHR stressed the importance for NHRIs to have a broad mandate and for specialized institutions to be in compliance with international standards. Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen 92. OHCHR attended the inauguration of the headquarters of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen in Tangier, Morocco, on 4 November 2009. The meeting focused on the role of ombudsman associations and networks in the development of such institutions. OHCHR also participated in the 3rd meeting of the Association in Athens on 14 and 15 December 2009, where the main topic was: Transparency and public services: what role for the ombudsman? GE.10-10269 15