A/HRC/7/27 page 18 the problems associated with the role and influence of “warlords” in the Government and the weakness of institutions. At the provincial level, human rights activists, government authorities, UNAMA and AIHRC spoke about the compatibility of human rights and women’s rights with Islam. 73. The human rights treaty reporting project based in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs supported by OHCHR, UNAMA, UNDP and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) successfully produced a Common Core Document for submission to the United Nations treaty bodies. The ICESCR country report also is slated for completion in January 2008. OHCHR is currently exploring options for a second phase of the project in 2008. 74. The joint project between OHCHR and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) aimed at establishing referral centres for women in two regions, as well as between OHCHR and the UNDP National Programme on Action for Disability (NPAD) on media programming, concluded at the end of 2007. Another initiative intended to be implemented by several United Nations agencies in 2007, designed to raise awareness of economic and social rights among the rural population in two regions, has now been postponed until 2008. 75. In July 2007, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) followed up its previous mission by jointly undertaking with UNAMA and the Ministry of the Interior’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a preliminary assessment of a mass grave discovered in Dasht-i-Chamtala in the north-west outskirts of Kabul, and an assessment of the overall situation regarding mass graves in Afghanistan. As a result of the visit, OHCHR, CID and PHR signed a tripartite agreement providing for long-term cooperation in building CID’s forensic technical capacity. The partnership established by the agreement should support the training of CID in forensic investigations and the development of a coherent approach to the investigation, documentation and securing of mass graves. 76. OHCHR is also providing technical support to the Government with the appointment in June 2007 of an adviser to help the Ministry of Interior improve the human rights performance of the police and of a consultant in October 2007 to assist developing strategies and approaches for mainstreaming human rights into the ANDS process. VIII. CONCLUSIONS 77. Throughout 2007, the Government and its international partners have increasingly concentrated efforts on military counter-insurgency and security sector reform. There is a realization that the conflict cannot be overcome by military means alone, and that an integrated, overarching civilian-led strategy is necessary to ensure Afghanistan’s long-term stability and development. It is essential that an integrated strategy effectively addresses the main human rights challenges identified in this report - growing insecurity, setbacks in institutional reform, persistent poverty and the continued inability of national institutions to effectively deliver essential services, including security and justice. It is essential to underscore that the Government of Afghanistan is ultimately responsible to uphold its human rights obligations, which also were confirmed in its Constitution. The international community’s responsibility is to provide appropriate support and assistance to the Government in fulfilling its commitments.