A/HRC/35/18 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is willing to import the SIMORE system from Paraguay. 36. In Ecuador, OHCHR is providing technical advice to the Government on the implementation of its SIDERECHOS online platform in preparation for drafting the State report for the universal periodic review due in 2017. OHCHR focused on strengthening civil society engagement with human rights mechanisms. Its efforts to encourage civil society organizations to interact strategically with United Nations mechanisms contributed to 13 such organizations submitting reports for the universal periodic review. 37. In Jamaica, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Justice increased their capacity to lead the interministerial coordination body on follow-up to the recommendations of human rights mechanisms. The Interministerial Committee for Human Rights, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is an ad hoc committee established for the purposes of the universal periodic review and reporting on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, although in practice it covers the country’s reporting obligations under all ratified treaties. It enhanced its capacity in the reporting process and the interactive dialogue with treaty bodies, and informally expressed an interest in the national recommendations tracking database currently under development by OHCHR. 38. In Paraguay, technical cooperation was provided to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen State capacity to monitor and report on the implementation of recommendations, particularly through the use and consolidation of SIMORE. An intensive cooperation programme was also developed to support the implementation of recommendations on combating poverty and the rights of indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities. Within the framework of the national action plan on the rights of persons with disabilities, civil society was empowered to participate in the design of public policies and in decision-making processes, including the development of human rights indicators linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. With OHCHR support, a set of indicators on the rights to education, health, food, an adequate standard of living, including housing and water, was adopted. The process included linkages to the Sustainable Development Goals, therefore ensuring an appropriate connection between development and human rights. 39. In Uruguay, OHCHR is supporting the process of implementing SIMORE and the establishment of a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up. SIMORE was expected to be fully functional from December 2016. In addition, a decree is expected to be signed and ratified by all ministries stating the responsibility of State institutions to provide information and appoint a representative to the national mechanism. It was expected that the decree would be endorsed and in force by the end of 2016. 40. The OHCHR Regional Office for South America organized a regional consultation with national universal periodic review advisers, United Nations coordination officials and United Nations resident coordinators to define regional strategies and methodologies aimed at implementing universal periodic review recommendations. A follow-up consultation with United Nations resident coordinators from six countries in the region was also supported. Its aim was to analyse the political and institutional changes in the region and their impact on human rights policies, and to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the participation of States, civil society, national human rights institutions and the United Nations system in the reviews of human rights mechanisms, Human Rights Up Front and the Sustainable Development Goals. 8