A/HRC/7/35 page 8 Annex 14th ANNUAL WORKSHOP OF THE FRAMEWORK ON REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION Bali Action Points adopted by member States on 12 July 2007 Expressing appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for hosting the Annual Workshop of the Framework on Regional Cooperation for the Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Expressing appreciation to the representatives of national human rights institutions, international organizations, civil society and resource persons for their inputs to the workshop; Acknowledging the value added of the thematic discussions at the 13th and 14th Annual Workshops of the Framework on Regional Cooperation for the Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region in Beijing on human trafficking and in Bali on extreme poverty, respectively, and supporting the continuation of the good practice of thematic discussions; Noting that 2008 will mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the fifteenth anniversary of the process of regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the tenth anniversary of the Tehran Framework on Regional Technical Cooperation; Welcoming the activities by national human rights institutions in support of regional cooperation, including those with the support of the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Institutions and the Office of the High Commissioner; Noting the proposal of the Office to hold a regional workshop in 2007 on the establishment of national human rights institutions with a view to sharing information and best practices; Member States: 1. Recognize the important linkage between human rights and efforts to address extreme poverty, and agree to continue sharing experiences and ideas on the application on this linkage; 2. Agree that the next regional workshop should be a special event to reflect on the progress and achievements made under the Asia-Pacific Framework, including the four Tehran pillars and to define further priorities for regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights; 3. Request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in preparation for the fifteenth anniversary of the process, to produce a summary of recommendations put forward since the first annual workshop in Manila, the Philippines in 1991 and progress made in their implementation;

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