A/HRC/12/41 page 16 Discrimination against Women, if submitted as planned in November, would be the first instance of Cambodia reporting to a treaty body within the treaty periodicity. The Government has signalled to OHCHR its intention to draft its next report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the second half of 2009. 57. The secretariat of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights informed the Government in October 2007 that it had decided to consider Cambodia at its session in May 2009 and requested its report by 1 August 2008. The Government began to work on a draft. The drafting committee within the Government Human Rights Committee established a close and productive relationship with OHCHR, which provided technical support and advice throughout. In May 2008, OHCHR invited a member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Virginia Bonoan-Dandan, to Cambodia to encourage the Government’s engagement with the Committee. She reviewed the draft report with the drafting committee and provided advice on how to improve it. She also advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the process. OHCHR assisted the Government with the costs of translating the report to ensure timely submission. 58. As a result, the report was submitted in time to the Committee, which reviewed the report in November 2009. OHCHR provided further technical advice to the Government on how to respond to the Committee’s initial list of issues which it forwarded to the Government. The Government’s written responses were submitted on time. Notwithstanding advice from OHCHR regarding the need for experts on the substantive issues covered in the Covenant to engage in a constructive dialogue with the Committee in Geneva, the Government decided at the last minute not to send a delegation from Phnom Penh to attend the session. This was a missed opportunity, given the convergence between the objectives of the Covenant and the Government’s development strategies as outlined in its Rectangular Strategy and the considerable progress that has been made in many areas since 1992. 59. The Committee also benefited from the extensive written and oral submissions prepared by a coalition of NGOs, community activists and representatives of civil society including a comprehensive parallel report. OHCHR supported both government and civil society engagement with the process. 60. The Committee issued its concluding observations and recommendations on 22 May 2009. OHCHR translated them into Khmer for dissemination within the Government and amongst the wider public. It has offered technical assistance and support to the Government to encourage consideration and implementation of the recommendations. It has continued to support the activities of NGOs in raising the awareness of communities and the wider public of the concluding observations and their use as guidance to promote economic, social and cultural rights. F. Cooperation with the United Nations country team 61. OHCHR is an active member of the country team, which is guided by a human rights-based United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) (2006-2010), and has continued to support the integration of human rights within this framework. It has coordinated and advised activities undertaken by the country team, particularly in relation to land