A/HRC/32/27 Table 2 Expenditure for travel of government representatives to attend sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review and plenary sessions of the Human Rights Council Amount authorized/pending claim Amount paid Year Number of countries reimbursed (United States dollars) (United States dollars) 2008 6 13 280 16 885 2009 17 33 846 23 568 2010 23 46 365 39 942 2011 21 81 778 11 698 2012 3 12 920 11 295 2013 6 35 176 35 176 2014 15 57 564 53 939 2015 23 18 268 95 512 Total 288 015 B. Training 14. The terms of reference of the Fund allow for the financing of briefings prior to the sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review to assist States in the preparatory process. The briefings usually consist of plenary segments and breakout group discussions during which the policies, procedures and modalities of the universal periodic review are examined, information is exchanged and good practices and lessons learned are discussed concerning the organization of national consultations, the setting-up of interministerial coordination mechanisms, the drafting of national reports and participation in the interactive dialogues held by the Working Group and the Human Rights Council in plenary session. 15. Greater efforts were made to keep States engaged in cooperation with the universal periodic review mechanism, particularly small island developing States and least developed countries with no representation in Geneva. The targeted outreach activities in 2015 involved bilateral meetings with the permanent missions of those States in New York, in October. 16. The bilateral briefings held in New York and, when relevant, in Brussels, are part of a broad strategy to engage States with limited human capacity through different points of entry. The mission to New York in 2015 was part of a set of briefings initiated in 2009 as outreach activities to inform delegations about the universal periodic review process and mechanism. In October 2015, meetings were requested with the permanent missions of Antigua and Barbuda, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Suriname. Meetings were subsequently held with the delegations of those States, with the exception of Solomon Islands. 17. The bilateral and tailored nature of each briefing was greatly appreciated, and positive feedback was received from the delegations concerned. In the light of the contacts 5