A/HRC/4/91 page 18 78. The outcome of the Round Table was, inter alia, the need for NHRIs: (i) to have responsibility to engage effectively with political representatives; (ii) to broadly interpret their mandates; (iii) to cooperate and monitor decisions of the judiciary; (iv) to address impunity at the earliest stage; (v) to engage in training activities; (vi) to address economic, social and cultural rights; (vii) to work with the media; (viii) to provide temporary assistance; and (ix) to recognize the importance of non-State actors in conflict and post-conflict situations. The conclusions of the Round Table can be found at www.nhri.net. D. Gender 79. The gender component is mainstreamed throughout the activities and mandates of NHRIs. For example, within the framework of the Actors for Change project (see section H below), OHCHR is actively promoting the participation of female staff members of NHRIs in the training programmes. For each regional training programme, NHRIs are requested to select two staff members one of whom must be female. E. Rights of persons with disabilities 80. NHRIs had engaged with the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities and its Working Group to prepare a draft text of a convention. OHCHR financially and substantively supported a representative of the ICC of NHRIs to the seventh and eighth sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee. 81. It is important to highlight article 33 of the newly adopted Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which states that “States Parties shall ... maintain, strengthen, designate or establish within the State Party, a framework, including one or more independent mechanisms, as appropriate, to promote, protect and monitor implementation of the present Convention. When designating or establishing such a mechanism, States Parties shall take into account the principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for protection and promotion of human rights.” F. Minorities 82. Cooperation with different branches of OHCHR dealing with minority issues has continued since 2005 with the publishing of the pamphlet on the work of NHRIs and minority issues, as requested by the Working Group on Minorities, for inclusion in the United Nations Guide for Minorities (see E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.5/2005/3). 83. The OHCHR Minority Fellowship Programme, working in close cooperation with the NI Unit, offered the opportunity in 2006 for six Minority Fellows to assist in servicing the 2006 International Coordinating Committee meeting. G. HIV/AIDS 84. OHCHR, in cooperation with UNAIDS, has finalized a handbook on the role of NHRIs in the prevention of HIV/AIDS and in combating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination. The handbook will be published in 2007 and rolled out through a series of workshops with NHRIs at the regional level.