A/HRC/23/27 after the event, the national institution of the United Republic of Tanzania submitted a report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 3. Asia and the Pacific 67. During the period under review, OHCHR, the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions and the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat continued to work in partnership to support the establishment of national human rights institutions. Such efforts included advocacy with a range of actors and continued technical assistance. As a result of the universal periodic review, most States in the Pacific have accepted recommendations to establish a national human rights institution compliant with the Paris Principles. Samoa has prepared draft legislation to that end. 4. Europe and Central Asia 68. In 2012, OHCHR provided technical and financial assistance for the establishment of a permanent secretariat of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions. In April, a one-year grant agreement was signed between OHCHR and the Chairperson of the European Group aimed at supporting the establishment and the initial activities of the secretariat. 69. In April 2012, the OHCHR regional office for Central Asia organized a regional workshop on the United Nations human rights system. Participants included State officials and representatives of Ombudsman institutions and civil society from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The meeting raised awareness on the issues of the timely submission of reports, human rights indicators and the implementation of recommendations received from the United Nations human rights mechanisms. C. Contribution of the Office of the High Commissioner to international initiatives supporting national human rights institutions 1. International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions 70. The eleventh International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions was held in Amman from 5 to 7 November 2012. The Conference was hosted by the Jordan National Centre for Human Rights and co-organized by OHCHR and the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The overall theme of the Conference was “The human rights of women and girls, gender equality: the role of national human rights institutions”. 71. OHCHR provided financial support for the participation of national human rights institutions from the least developed States and international experts. The Conference was attended by 260 participants, including representatives of national human rights institutions, local and international non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies and experts. The Conference adopted the Amman Declaration and Plan of Action.1 1 Accessible in the four official languages of the International Coordinating Committee (Arabic, English, French and Spanish) on its website at the address http://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/ICC/InternationalConference/11IC/Pages/Outcomes.aspx. 11