A/HRC/43/64/Add.1 Mandate Description of events organized by mandate holders On 21 and 22 September, during the visit of the Independent Expert to South Africa, she held a consultation with over 40 leaders of civil society organizations serving persons with albinism from six provinces. Nearly all the participants were persons with albinism. The event was organized by the OHCHR regional office in Pretoria with support from the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights. From 24 to 29 November, the Independent Expert held a consultation and training in Mozambique for civil society organizations representing persons with albinism from Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa Countries (PALOP). These events were held with support from OHCHR and UNESCO. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Since 2017, the Working Group organized a series of consultations to inform the drafting of its thematic report to the 41st session of the Human Rights Council on the Gender dimension of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The consultations aimed at gathering inputs to develop a gender guidance specifically for each of the 31 Principles of the UN Guiding principles. In 2019 The Working Group, in collaboration with Geneva Academy and the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, organized a multi-stakeholder expert consultation on 31 January and 1 February 2019 in Geneva. In addition, a regional consultation for Latin America was held in Mexico City on 21 and 22 February 2019. It was co-hosted by OACNUDH, UNICEF, ONUWOMEN, Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos México (CNDH), Comisión de derechos humanos del Distrito Federal (CDHDF), Global CompactMéxico; Proyecto sobre Organización, Desarrollo, Educación e Investigación (PODER); Oxfam, Plataforma Internacional contra la Impunidad, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Instituto de Derechos Humanos y Empresas de la Universidad de Monterrey, and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Building on the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights and other regional Forums, the Working group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) co-organized the inaugural UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights on 14-15 March 2019 in New Delhi, India. The UN South Asia Forum aimed at raising awareness about business and human rights issues in South Asia and facilitating implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), including through National Action Plans. The Working Group in 2018 launched a project (supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs) to clarify the practical steps that states, companies and investors should take to prevent and address business-related human rights abuse in conflict and post-conflict contexts. The project will be informed by a series of multistakeholder consultations in several regions, comprehensive research and submissions by stakeholders. Final recommendations will be presented to the UN General Assembly in New York in October 2020. The first regional consultation took place in Beirut, on 22 March, 2019 with the support of the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES). The second consultation, for the Asia and Pacific region, was co-organized with UNDP and held on 4 and 5 September 2019 in Davao, Philippines. Additional regional consultations will be organized in 2020. The Fourth Regional Consultation on Business and Human Rights for Latin America and the Caribbean – “Looking ahead: Actions to Foster Responsible Business Conduct” was held on 3-4 September 2019 in Santiago de Chile. The event was organized by the Office for South America of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, with the support of the ILO and the OECD within the framework of a project financed by the European Union on "Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean". In order to implement the mandate given by the Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/38/13, the Working Group organized a two-day global consultation on the 70