A/HRC/7/29 page 15 organizations and to include relevant issues in the country assessments prepared prior to missions. Mandate-holders were called on to visit regional organizations and encourage them to integrate special procedures findings in their programming. Enhanced institutional arrangements for the exchange of information between regional organizations and OHCHR were considered necessary. It was stressed that referring to the information and jurisprudence of regional organizations in special procedures reports made them more solid. It was also desirable to involve regional organizations in efforts to gather material and information for the preparation of thematic reports. C. System-wide coherence and engagement with United Nations country teams 69. OHCHR presented a paper on engagement with United Nations country teams. Reference was made to a statement of common understanding on a human rights-based approach to development programming as a tool to provide guidance on how to operationalize the human rights-based approach in the context of United Nations common programming processes at the country or regional levels, including the common country assessment and United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). 70. The statement could be summarized in three reference points: all programmes of development cooperation, policies and technical assistance should further the realization of human rights as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments; human rights standards and principles guided all development cooperation and programming in all sectors and phases of the programming process; and development cooperation contributed to the development of the capacities of duty-bearers to meet their obligations and/or of rights-holders to claim their rights. 71. OHCHR recalled that the former Secretary-General had commissioned a high-level panel to formulate recommendations on United Nations system-wide coherence. The panel made recommendations that were to be discussed by the General Assembly, recommending increased coherence at the country level and strengthened links between normative and operational work. The United Nations was now working on the concept of one United Nations system at the country level. This implied strengthened responsibility of the Resident Coordinator and the existence of a single United Nations programme with a coherent funding structure. It would also imply common United Nations premises in the field. United Nations country teams in Albania, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Pakistan, Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay and Viet Nam were piloting that concept. 72. It was essential to reflect on the linkages between the work of country teams and the work of human rights mechanisms, including special procedures. OHCHR had been supporting that process by assisting in the development of a common language and in strengthening capacities. 73. The discussion revolved around how the United Nations country teams could capitalize on the work of special procedures, particularly their country missions, and how special procedures could influence the programming process and the national development process. It was stressed that UPR implied a new collective responsibility for the United Nations system in the field of human rights.