A/HRC/39/58 also be used to create the scaffolding of future regional human rights instruments, particularly those protecting economic and social rights. Economic, social and cultural rights may be the best place to expand regional mechanisms. 58. OHCHR needs to play a key role in facilitating the creation of a regional or subregional human rights mechanism in Asia and in improving the operation of existing arrangements in other regions. It could accomplish this by continuing to act as an information clearing house that provides detailed, technical advice on best practices and by creating forums where negotiations and exchanges of ideas can occur. That could include offering regular newsletters that bring together updated information from regional human rights mechanisms, including on best practices, lessons learned, decisions, recommendations, reports, calendars and planned visits (A/HRC/28/31). OHCHR could also help to establish regional offices and human rights centres that provide additional institutional support for promoting the regional protection of human rights. 48 More substantively, thematic issues of common interest, such as the fight against racial and ethnic discrimination, the rights of persons with disabilities, gender equality, violence against women, and the protection of vulnerable groups are areas where the OHCHR can contribute. 49 59. However, in the present report the Advisory Committee acknowledges that OHCHR cannot do more without adequate resources. Strengthening the relationship between the United Nations system and regional mechanisms through research, capacity-building and organizing workshops will require the allocation of more personnel and financial resources to the task, even if this requirement can be offset somewhat by the innovative use of technology. It is recommended that a special unit within the National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section of OHCHR be created to coordinate all activities involving regional mechanisms. The unit will require more staff than the one person currently allocated to regional mechanisms, preferably one P-4 and one P-3 or P-2. The section will also require additional funding to take on a broader scope of activities. 60. In addition to supporting a network of focal points, the special unit could conduct an exhaustive review of OHCHR activities regarding regional human rights mechanisms to date and develop a comprehensive strategy detailing how the regional, subregional and international human rights systems could be integrated into an effective whole. That would include elaborating criteria and methodological tools for evaluating and comparing regional mechanisms, determining their needs, compiling information on best practices and devising capacity-building benchmarks. Ultimately, the unit will seek to support the establishment of regional and subregional mechanisms and strengthen the effectiveness of existing mechanisms, which will require horizontal and vertical information-sharing and enabling their greater participation in United Nations bodies. 48 49 Survey response by the National Council of Human Rights of Egypt. Survey response by the Government of Montenegro. 19