A/HRC/15/34 representatives from 15 countries, with the help of other United Nations agencies, including ILO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It also developed national fellowship programmes at the country level. In 2009, indigenous fellows from the programmes were posted with OHCHR-Guatemala and in Moscow, contributing to the work there on indigenous issues. 25. OHCHR, both at headquarters and through its field presences, continued to provide support for networking and capacity-building of indigenous communities. OHCHR has partnered with ILO to organize a series of workshops in cooperation with its Regional Office for Central Africa in the central African regions, with a view to promoting legislative and policy change on indigenous issues through the facilitation of dialogue between Governments and indigenous peoples. 26. In collaboration with UNDP, OHCHR-Mexico conducted several workshops on the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which brought together representatives of different indigenous communities. The OHCHR Regional Office for Central America in Panama also provided support by co-sponsoring a regional seminar on the right to adequate housing and the prohibition of forced evictions, and a workshop for indigenous women in Panama to discuss challenges to the enjoyment of individual and collective rights and possible cooperation with regional and international human rights mechanisms. OHCHR-Nepal partnered with ILO to organize workshops on the rights of indigenous peoples focusing on conceptual clarity on the right to self-determination and the right to free, prior and informed consent. 27. In order to promote better understanding of the rights of indigenous peoples in the subregion, the Regional Office for South-East Asia in Bangkok, in cooperation with UNDP, organized two interactive regional dialogues focusing on the Declaration and bringing together relevant partners, including the United Nations resident coordinators and other United Nations representatives from the South-East Asia region, and civil society representatives to discuss challenges and best practices in implementing the provisions of the Declaration. 28. The Human Rights Adviser in the Russian Federation continued to build the capacity of indigenous peoples by facilitating training sessions in Moscow and Geneva on international and national human rights systems for eight representatives of indigenous communities from Russian Federation, under the auspices of the OHCHR Russian-speaking fellowship programme. 29. OHCHR-Cambodia has been advocating with development partners and national institutions better implementation of the national framework protecting indigenous land, including titling indigenous land. 30. In Cameroon, the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Africa continued its collaboration with indigenous peoples in the region. The Centre built the capacity of civil society organizations, providing technical expertise and advisory services to representatives of indigenous communities, international NGOs, Governments and United Nations system partners from Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Rwanda. Representatives of local administrations, park authorities and local NGOs received training on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the principle of free, prior and informed consent and other human rights standards in April 2009. 31. A dialogue between the Batwa communities and local authorities was successfully established in Burundi, resulting in an increase in the enrolment rates of Batwa children in schools and improvements in their access to lands. The Human Rights Adviser for the Great 7

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