A/HRC/13/26 Member States on the establishment, functioning and responsibilities of NHRIs in line with international standards. OHCHR promoted NHRI compliance with the Paris Principles, and sought to strengthen the capacity of these institutions to address core protection issues such as discrimination, torture and violations committed in the context of migration, and to generally reinforce the administration of justice and the rule of law. In collaboration with United Nations partners and regional networks of NHRIs, OHCHR assisted in the establishment or strengthening of 43 NHRIs worldwide. Continued secretarial support was provided to the Sub-Committee on Accreditation of the International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs which, by December 2009, had reviewed and accredited 64 NHRIs with “A status”, that is, fully compliant with the Paris Principles. 46. OHCHR continued to deepen its cooperation with regional organizations in Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Americas. OHCHR organized three regional consultations on enhancing cooperation between regional and international mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights in collaboration with the African Union, the Organization of American States and the Council of Europe. These consultations will ensure adequate planning for the international workshop on Regional Human Rights Mechanisms scheduled for May 2010, as called for in Council resolution 12/15, adopted on 1 October 2009. 47. Reflective of the ongoing United Nations system reform process relating to peace missions, OHCHR maintained its focus on the integration of human rights in peace missions and continued to work in close cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Field Support. OHCHR continued to provide substantive and human resources support to human rights components of peace missions, including substantive backstopping of human rights components and supporting the release of public human rights reports by peace missions. 48. OHCHR continued to participate in inter-agency humanitarian mechanisms, particularly the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and its subsidiary groups, and the Global Protection Cluster Working Group. OHCHR prioritized its operational role in humanitarian contexts, namely in empowering human rights field presences to fully participate — and sometimes to lead — in collaborative efforts. OHCHR currently plays a lead role in protection coordination in Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, Fiji (regional), Haiti, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, the occupied Palestinian territories, Samoa and Timor-Leste. OHCHR was also pleased to assist the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the development of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, launched in October 2009, the first regional body of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region. V. The Durban Review Conference and its follow-up: steps towards implementation 49. The Durban Review Conference was held in Geneva from 20 to 24 April 2009 and its Outcome Document was adopted by consensus. A significant accomplishment of the Conference was its generation of renewed commitment by States to the anti-racism agenda. Taking a rights-based approach, which places the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination at the centre of international efforts to combat racism, the Outcome Document urges Member States to do more at the national level, and in particular, to elaborate national action plans on racism and intolerance. 50. In my report to the Durban Review Conference (A/CONF.211/PC.4/5), I addressed contemporary challenges to the fight against racism and critically assessed the strengths and shortcomings of the OHCHR anti-discrimination programme, as well as the Durban followup intergovernmental and expert mechanisms. Proposals were put forward to help States GE.09-17604 13