A/HRC/45/42 IV. Support provided by the United Nations Development Programme and other United Nations agencies, funds and programmes to national human rights institutions 81. In June 2020, the tripartite partnership between OHCHR, UNDP and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions 5 convened a virtual annual meeting where national human rights institutions discussed their role as accelerators of the Sustainable Development Goals, and identified good practices and areas of cooperation. 82. OHCHR and UNDP supported the African Union Commission and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions with the organization of, in Addis Ababa, in September 2019, a policy forum for African national human rights institutions on their contribution to durable solutions on forced displacement in Africa. The forum, which gathered about one hundred participants from national human rights institutions across Africa, was aimed at strengthening the role of those institutions in the prevention of forced displacement and identifying strategic collaborations and actions to strengthen their contribution for durable solutions. Also in September 2019, UNDP and OHCHR held capacity-building events for the commissioners and staff of the National Human Rights Commission of the Gambia. 83. In the Asia and the Pacific region, the following support was provided: (a) In August 2019, UNDP supported the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission in holding a workshop to assist the Government in its preparation for the third cycle of the universal periodic review; (b) UNDP supported the national human rights institution of Nepal in drafting its contribution to the universal periodic review stakeholders’ report; (c) UNDP supported the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka in conducting a comprehensive study on the prison system in that country; (d) UNDP supported the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh in the establishment of its regional offices and of an integrated office management system; (e) UNDP supported the drafting and endorsement of the internal rules of the National Commission for Human Rights of Pakistan; (f) In June 2020, UNDP organized an online forum on responsible business and human rights, which brought together six national human rights institutions from Asia to discuss their role in facilitating access to remedy for business-related human rights abuses. 84. In Latin America and the Caribbean, in October 2019, UNDP, OHCHR and the Development Coordination Office, with the sponsorship of the Government of Panama, carried out the first regional consultation on the universal period review and the Sustainable Development Goals held in Latin America. National human rights institutions and other human right actors from the region exchanged experiences and discussed how to strengthen their participation in the universal periodic review processes and in the implementation and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. 85. In Europe and Central Asia, UNDP and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions provided support to the national human rights institutions of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia and Ukraine, as well as the human rights institution in Kosovo, on their role in conflict prevention. 86. In the Middle East and North Africa, UNDP supported the establishment of the first office of the National Human Rights Commission of the Sudan in Kassala and its regional 5 12 In 2011, OHCHR, UNDP and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions entered into a strategic tripartite partnership to support national human rights institutions at the global, regional and national levels. In February 2017, the leadership of the three partners signed a letter of intent formalizing their commitment to enhancing their cooperation.