A/HRC/16/76 C. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 92. The Chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee and 11 NHRIs from the four regional networks attended the 54th session of the CSW, held in New York from 1 to 12 March 2010. They participated in meetings and delivered oral statements advocating for the independent participation of A-status NHRIs in the work of the CSW. IV. Cooperation among OHCHR, United Nations agencies and programmes, and international and regional organizations to support NHRIs A. United Nations Development Programme 93. During the reporting period, OHCHR continued to strengthen its strategic partnership with UNDP. 94. On 10 December 2010, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UNDP Administrator launched the UNDP-OHCHR Toolkit for Collaboration with NHRIs. The Toolkit was developed over a 2-year consultative process to support UNCT staff in their work with NHRIs, and to help NHRIs better understand the United Nations and identify mutual areas of interest. A joint UNDP-OHCHR letter was sent to all United Nations Resident Coordinators together with the electronic version of the Toolkit.3 B. Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) 95. On 8 October 2010, during the 10th International Conference of NHRIs, the High Commissioner for Human Rights launched the publication, “Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for NHRIs”.4 This guide is the outcome of cooperation between OHCHR, the APT and the APF. It builds on the experience acquired during previous joint training projects such as the APT-OHCHR Actors for Change, and the APT-APF training programmes for NHRIs in the Asia Pacific region. C. Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen 96. OHCHR participated in the 4th meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen, held in Madrid on 14 and 15 June 2010 on the theme, “Immigration and human rights: a challenge for Ombudsman institutions?” The meeting, hosted by the Ombudsman of Spain, adopted a resolution highlighting the Association’s engagement in promoting cooperation between Ombudsmen, mediators and other NHRIs handling complaints from migrants. 3 4 The toolkit is available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/NHRI/1950-UNDP-UHCHRToolkit-LR.pdf. This publication is available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/PreventingTorture.pdf. 15