A/HRC/32/28 23. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia established an expert working group within the national mechanism for reporting and follow-up, mandated with providing substantive support to the Government inter-sectoral body on human rights established following its first universal periodic review. In 2015, the inter-sectoral body familiarized itself with the international human rights system, integrated implementation of recommendations, and the rights-based approaches and capacities such a mechanism requires to ensure effective implementation of the country’s human rights obligations and the recommendations issued by international mechanisms. 24. In Mali, the authorities have been assisted in preparing an action plan to implement universal periodic review recommendations. A workshop on the universal periodic review was held for representatives of Malian institutions, United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations. During the workshop participants recommended that a single national body be established by merging various interdepartmental committees that already existed in the country. 25. In Mauritania, the interministerial technical committee on cooperation with human rights mechanisms finalized in July the State’s report for the second cycle of the universal periodic review. On the basis of the project funded by the Voluntary Fund, the Government was able to complete all training and capacity-building activities, and shared the draft universal periodic report with the Parliament and civil society organizations in an effort to make the process more inclusive and participatory. 26. In Nigeria, assistance was provided to the Government to strengthen the interministerial committee and, with the support of a consultant, a national action plan on implementing universal periodic review recommendations was designed and adopted in collaboration with stakeholders, including the National Human Rights Commission and civil society actors. 27. The OHCHR Regional Office in Central America, in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has provided assistance to the National Directorate of Civil Registry of the Electoral Tribunal. A joint programme was implemented to promote registration among Ngabe-Bugle indigenous peoples of Mama Tata living in remote areas that have traditionally refused to register births, as well as to provide identity documents for members of those communities. The Regional Office and the Electoral Tribunal conducted an investigation to identify the reasons for the communities’ reluctance to register births. The project included trust-building activities between the Electoral Tribunal and Mama Tata religious leaders followed by registration missions, reaching eight communities in the Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro areas. 28. In Paraguay, technical assistance has been provided to State institutions to implement prioritized recommendations in three thematic areas and to enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Human Rights Network of the Executive Branch to strengthen the State’s capacity to follow up on, monitor and report on the implementation of international human rights recommendations, particularly through the use and consolidation of the system for monitoring recommendations, a database referred to by the Spanish acronym “SIMORE”. The support of the Voluntary Fund triggered cooperation to facilitate the implementation of recommendations on combating poverty, enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples in discussions affecting them and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities. With the use of SIMORE and in compliance with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and related international recommendations, technical assistance was provided for the development of a national action plan on the rights of persons with disabilities, which was adopted in November 2015; OHCHR also supported the plan’s dissemination. The plan was designed with the active participation of civil society and the National Commission on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It serves as a good 6