A/HRC/17/24 B. Country engagement and field presence 19. In 2010, OHCHR continued to strengthen its country engagement efforts through awareness-raising and monitoring activities, research on specific issues, technical cooperation and assistance, collaboration with various stakeholders, as well as increased deployment of human rights staff to countries, regional offices and peace missions. Technical staff working on ESCRs at headquarters undertook over 20 missions in 2010 to offer assistance and support to Governments, Parliaments, United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs), field presences and civil society on rights such as the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, adequate housing, adequate food, education, and on the legal protection and justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights. The following sections give a non-exhaustive illustration of some of the activities undertaken by OHCHR field presences around the world. 20. In Moldova, OHCHR Human Rights Adviser (HRA) assisted the Government with ratifying the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in September 2010, and continues to support the implementation of the Convention with the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and the Family, the Ministry of Health and the State Chancellery. In March 2010, OHCHR assisted the Ministry of Health in establishing a Health and Human Rights Working Group to review law, policy and practice in the health field for its human rights compliance. Subgroups were subsequently established on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, sexual and reproductive health, and mental health. During 2010, a number of regulations in this field were revised, including those addressing the detention of persons with tuberculosis, and access to personal data about persons living with HIV/AIDS. OHCHR also provided the Supreme Court with relevant international law guidance with regard to mandatory HIV testing of foreigners as justification for refusing residence. The December 2010 Supreme Court ruling paved the way for legal reform in this area. In addition, OHCHR assisted the Government in preparing a comprehensive anti– discrimination law, provided advice on a draft Education Code, and worked with the Bureau on Inter-ethnic Relations to prepare a new Action Plan on Roma Inclusion. Throughout the period, the HRA also worked with Moldovan civil society and national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and UNCT to strengthen knowledge of economic, social and cultural rights, by organizing training sessions on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and processes for monitoring the treaty. 21. In May 2010, the OHCHR HRA in Serbia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, and with the support of United Nations Roma Theme Group and OHCHR Geneva organized two workshops on the right to adequate housing and the nature of State obligation at the local and national levels. The workshops were held in Belgrade on 19 and 20 May 2010, and participants included representatives of six local self-governments, namely Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Nis, Vranje, Leskovac and Novi Sad, representatives of various national institutions, such as line ministries, Office of the Ombudsman, Serbian Roads public company, national Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) team, as well as representatives of the City of Belgrade. 22. The OHCHR field presence in Kosovo3 introduced the OHCHR human rights indicators framework, particularly those relating to economic, social and cultural rights, in a training course for 50 government officials responsible for human rights policymaking and implementation, and advocated for more effective implementation of the Anti– Discrimination Law in this context. Between 2005 and 2010, the field presence monitored the cases of about 700 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian internally displaced persons in northern 3 See reference on page 1. 7