A/HRC/40/3 24. OHCHR expanded its work on integrating economic, social and cultural rights into early warning and conflict prevention frameworks, based on the analytical framework developed in 2016 (E/2016/58). 25. OHCHR expanded its collaboration with regional and local authorities on a human rights-based implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. It continued to promote the “Shift” initiative of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, which is aimed at changing the perception of housing from a commodity to a human right. 26. OHCHR contributed to the work of the Committee on World Food Security in taking stock of the use and application of the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security. It supported the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, including on improving the human rights situation of agricultural workers. It also supported the open-ended intergovernmental working group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, which completed its mandate by adopting a United Nations declaration. 27. Together with the World Health Organization (WHO), OHCHR developed a framework of cooperation and a workplan to implement the recommendations of the Highlevel Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents. It contributed to inter-agency initiatives, such as the United Nations Common Position on ending HIV, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis through intersectoral collaboration and also organized a consultation on human rights and mental health (see A/HRC/39/36). 5. Business and human rights 28. OHCHR assisted the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, which embarked on negotiation of a legally binding instrument and optional protocol. It organized the annual forum on business and human rights, addressing the emerging practice and enabling factors for corporate human rights due diligence. More than 2,700 representatives, including some from the private sector, participated in over 70 panels and round-table discussions. OHCHR organized a multi-stakeholder consultation on corporate human rights due diligence in practice and several regional consultations on the gender lens to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. 29. OHCHR provided technical support for the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, notably for the development of national action plans for business and human rights, including in countries in central Africa and in Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Thailand and Uganda. Particular attention was paid to consultations with and the protection of indigenous communities affected by business practices and infrastructure projects. 30. In several countries, including Senegal and Uganda, OHCHR helped to develop the capacity of national human rights institutions, of civil society organizations and of communities to monitor and report on the impact of business, notably mining companies, on human rights (in Cameroon and Guinea). It supported the establishment of an economic, social, and cultural rights observatory in Madagascar and a national observatory for the respect of human rights in the extractive sector in Senegal. 31. OHCHR launched the third part of the accountability and remedy project, which focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of non-State-based grievance mechanisms for access to remedy in cases of business-related human rights abuse. It pursued its engagement to ensure responsible business involvement and respect for human rights in the context of mega sporting events, supporting the creation of an independent centre for sport and human rights. It worked to clarify the human rights responsibilities of companies in the finance and technology sectors and to strengthen corporate reporting in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. 5