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as regulations, policies, plans and programmes, in the area of economic, social and cultural
rights.
65.
In 2009, the OHCHR continued the advocacy work on the centrality of human rights
in the AIDS response. This was done by providing information to the treaty monitoring
bodies on the HIV-related human rights concerns in countries under consideration and by
preparing the Secretary-General’s report on the protection and promotion of human rights
in the context of HIV and AIDS for the tenth session of the Human Rights Council. The
Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights participated in the Ninth International
Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific held in Bali, where she made a number of
statements highlighting the urgent need to address human rights issues in order to overcome
obstacles to an effective response to the epidemic. OHCHR organized a side event during
the Durban Review Conference on “HIV-related discrimination: restrictions on the entry,
stay and residence of people living with HIV”. Furthermore, regional workshops were held
in Dakar and Lima to support national human rights institutions in promoting rights-based
national responses to HIV and to operationalize the joint OHCHR/UNAIDS Handbook on
HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions.
66.
Under its mandate to mainstream the right to development, OHCHR organized
activities aimed to integrate the right to development in several areas of international
cooperation. These included a parallel event on Financing for Development during the 2009
General Assembly session in New York; a co-sponsored event on Human Rights Impact
Assessments at the World Trade Organization Public Policy Forum with an NGO; and a
side event on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda, cosponsored by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development.
C.
Closer partnerships with civil society and United Nations agencies
67.
OHCHR continued its close partnership and collaboration with various United
Nations agencies and civil society organizations working on issues related to the promotion
and protection of economic, social and cultural rights, the MDGs and poverty reduction.
68.
In 2009 OHCHR continued to closely collaborate with various United Nations
agencies working on issues related to the promotion and protection of economic, social and
cultural rights, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health
Organization (WHO), UN-Habitat, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS) and UNESCO. As a result of this collaboration, OHCHR produced several
documents for wide dissemination with other United Nations agencies, including the joint
publication of a fact sheet on the right to housing with UN-Habitat, and the joint
elaboration of fact sheets on the right to water with WHO and UN-Habitat and on the right
to food with FAO, both to be published in 2010. With UNESCO and UNICEF, OHCHR
started working on a joint publication on the right to education in the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which will be ready for publication in 2010. The Office
substantively contributed to the joint OHCHR/WHO tool on a human rights-based approach
and gender equality in national health strategies, and to the finalization of the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on HIV in Humanitarian Situations, and coproduced the Policy Brief on Disability and HIV, together with UNAIDS and WHO.
69.
OHCHR continued its close collaboration with UN-Habitat. A delegation from the
Office travelled to UN-Habitat’s headquarters in Nairobi to discuss how to enhance and
develop the joint work. The delegation also met with UNEP to discuss the development of
the two organizations’ joint work in various areas, including on environment and climate
change and human rights. OHCHR also contributed to the publication of a Policy Guide to
Housing for Indigenous Peoples in Cities with UN-Habitat.
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