A/HRC/39/20 to the Commission in drafting its submission for the review of the initial report of the State of Palestine by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. OHCHR also provided technical assistance to strengthen the role of the Commission in facilitating national consultations on State party reports to the treaty bodies. 35. The United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for SouthWest Asia and the Arab Region continued to cooperate with the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions and the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions to strengthen the capacity of national human rights institutions in the region (Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia and the State of Palestine). In October 2017, in cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, the Centre organized training on the interaction between national human rights institutions and the United Nations treaty bodies. In December 2017, it organized jointly with the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions a workshop on the role of national human rights institutions in monitoring and documenting human rights violations and on handling complaints. B. 1. Support to regional and subregional initiatives of national human rights institutions Africa 36. In November 2017, OHCHR provided financial support to and participated in the Eleventh Biennial Conference of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions in Kigali, which resulted in a declaration underscoring the role of national human rights institutions in monitoring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and of Agenda 2063 of the African Union. 37. In April 2018, OHCHR, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, the Economic Community of West African States and the West African Network of National Human Rights Institutions organized regional consultations for the national human rights institutions in West Africa to enhance their capacity to promote and protect human rights, with a focus on peace and security, migrants and gender perspectives. 38. Also in April 2018, OHCHR, the National Human Rights Council of Morocco, the Francophone Association of National Human Rights Commissions and the International Organization of La Francophonie organized a workshop to share best practices in the accreditation process of national human rights institutions for the staff of the national human rights institutions of Belgium, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Madagascar and Mali. 2. Asia and the Pacific 39. In September 2017, OHCHR participated in the Second Conference on Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older Persons including on the role of national human rights institutions, held in Seoul within the framework of the Asia-Europe Meeting. 40. In March 2018, in the margins of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, OHCHR, the Co-Chairs of the Regional United Nations Development Group, the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Network, the Government of Denmark, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development jointly organized a side event on human rights and the 2030 Agenda with a focus on Goal 17: strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development. 3. Europe and Central Asia 41. OHCHR chaired a meeting on the human rights of older persons during the meeting of the General Assembly of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, in November 2017. 7