A/HRC/7/61 page 8 (m) OHCHR in Uganda undertook a three-day training for persons with disabilities in local government, unions and associations. The training sought to promote understanding of disability as a human rights issue and to raise awareness of the Convention and its Optional Protocol. The Office also participated in the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Conference which aimed to promote visibility and inclusion of persons with disability in the Commonwealth’s development planning. 14. OHCHR has also participated in country level and regional seminars, for example: (a) In Norway on 25 October 2007, OHCHR participated in a Conference for Nordic countries entitled “New convention - new possibilities”. The OHCHR representative spoke about “How to monitor and follow-up the United Nations Convention in order to combat discrimination and promote inclusion”; (b) In Sudan, a representative of the human rights component of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) participated in a Conference at the invitation of the Equatoria States Union of the Disabled entitled “Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. The Conference adopted a resolution which it presented to the Government; (c) The Human Rights Advisor in Turkmenistan participated in a Conference organized by UNDP and local civil society organizations to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December. The Advisor made a presentation on the Convention and its Optional Protocol. Closer partnerships with civil society and the United Nations agencies 15. OHCHR has undertaken several activities to promote closer partnerships with United Nations agencies and departments as well as civil society on human rights and disabilities. In the autumn of 2007, OHCHR and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat agreed on a joint work programme in the context of the shared role as joint secretariat to the Convention. As part of this joint programme, OHCHR with DESA co-chaired the first session of the Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG) to the Convention which took place in New York on 13-14 December 2007. IASG, mandated by the High Level Committee on Programmes, seeks to ensure coordination among United Nations agencies in relation to work on the Convention and its Optional Protocol; the first session decided to embark on a process of developing a joint strategy for work on this matter. 16. On 6 November 2007, OHCHR participated in the 2nd International Conference on Intellectual Disabilities sponsored by the World Health Organization. A representative of the Office made a presentation on “The right to health, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and intellectual disabilities”. 17. OHCHR has also sought to raise awareness of the Convention and its Optional Protocol in the context of the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Land Mine Ban Convention). On 12 February, OHCHR participated in a symposium to mark the