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of protecting and promoting human rights. The office is concerned that any proposed legislation
to establish any such institution must be based on a broad consensus within Cambodian society,
with the full participation of civil society and Government in the drafting process.
H. Cooperation and coordination with the United Nations Country Team
60.
The office in Cambodia is a member of the United Nations Country Team, and works to
integrate human rights more fully into country-level analysis and planning, and to implement
human rights standards in national development policies and programmes. The office
contributed to the implementation of relevant components of the United Nations Development
Assistance Framework 2006 to 2010, including on protection of human rights, increased
participation of civil society in developing, implementing and monitoring public policies,
improving public access to information, and promoting an effective and independent justice
system.
61.
The office participated in regular meetings of the United Nations Country Team,
including meetings of Heads of Agency and of the Millennium Development Goals Advisory
Group which also has responsibility for human rights. The office worked with individual
agencies on matters of joint concern, for example with ILO on issues relating to indigenous
peoples, and with the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and UNICEF on treaty
reporting and follow-up.
62.
The office worked also with multilateral and bilateral development cooperation agencies
outside the United Nations system to help integrate and implement human rights standards into
development policies and programmes. It participated in the Consultative Group process, in
particular in 2 of 18 technical working groups (on legal and judicial reform and land), which are
mandated to prepare joint strategies and action plans for the sector, and to monitor progress
against joint monitoring indicators agreed to by the Government and donors.
63.
The National Strategic Development Plan 2006 to 2010 for Growth, Employment, Equity
and Efficiency to Reach Cambodia Development Goals was released in mid-February 2006 as
the master development plan for Cambodia. The office advocated for clear human rights
commitments to be made in the Plan, including ratification of the United Nations Convention
against Corruption, the ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (No. 169), and
individual communications procedures provided for under the treaties to which Cambodia is
party. The office further proposed that the plan state its aim as one of promoting the full respect
and enjoyment of human rights and freedoms for all, as enshrined in the Constitution and in
international human rights instruments. The final text of the Plan makes reference to human
rights as part of the overall governance framework necessary for sustainable development.
I. Educational, training and public information programmes
64.
The office in Cambodia continued to promote understanding of international human
rights standards and mechanisms and their domestic implementation, and to foster an enabling
environment for human rights work and a better understanding of the role of NGOs defending
and advocating for human rights.
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