A/HRC/4/91 page 17 73. The main purpose of the Qatar conference was to support regional initiatives to strengthen the role of NHRIs, and other actors, in promoting a culture of human rights in accordance with international standards. The conference adopted the Doha Declaration, which included 14 recommendations on follow-up actions. The Declaration called upon Arab States that had not yet established NHRIs to do so, while others were urged to strengthen theirs in accordance with the Paris Principles. The participants called for the holding of such conferences on an annual basis and agreed to form a follow-up committee, composed of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, the National Human Rights Council of Egypt, the National Consultative Council for Human Rights of Morocco and OHCHR. This follow-up committee would monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the first and second conferences. V. ROUND TABLES OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THEMATIC ISSUES A. Promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights 74. OHCHR, in cooperation with the NGO EQUITAS, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and UNDP, organized a workshop for NHRIs in the Asian-Pacific region on economic, social and cultural rights and women’s rights, hosted by the Philippines Human Rights Commission (Manila, 23-27 January 2006). The purpose of the workshop was to examine the role of NHRIs in promoting and protecting women’s economic, social and cultural rights and deepen participants’ understanding of the consequences of perpetuating women’s inequality. 75. OHCHR, through its regional representative and staff from headquarters, participated in a workshop on economic, social and cultural rights and human rights defenders organized by the Defensoría del Pueblo of Argentina in Buenos Aires (28-30 November 2006). The discussions covered the responsibility of States in the protection and promotion of these rights, the main international and regional instruments, the role of NHRIs, legal means of implementing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, challenges to the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights and the justiciability of these rights. B. Relations between civil society and national human rights institutions 76. OHCHR, through its Regional Office for South-East Asia, participated in a regional workshop on NHRI-NGO cooperation (Bangkok, 30 November-1 December 2006). OHCHR highlighted possible areas of further cooperation between NHRIs and NGOs. C. National human rights institutions in conflict and post-conflict situations 77. OHCHR and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, through support offered by the European Commission, organized a three-day International Round Table on the role of NHRIs in conflict and post-conflict situations (Belfast, 20-22 June 2006). The Round Table was attended by 30 representatives of 19 NHRIs from Afghanistan, Bolivia, Colombia, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Palestine, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom).

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