A/HRC/4/91 page 5 United Nations country teams (UNCTs), United Nations specialized agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other OHCHR partners, which are in turn able to address a number of NHRI-specific issues within various countries and regions. 6. During the reporting period, OHCHR has provided advice and information on activities and issues, including in relation to constitutional provisions, enabling legislation, advisory missions and rules and regulations relating to institutions in Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Chile, the Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Italy, Iraq, the Maldives, Lesotho, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (regarding Scotland), Uruguay and Zimbabwe. This support has often been provided in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations missions. B. Support to international initiatives 1. International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and its Subcommittee on Accreditation 7. The Unit, in its capacity as the secretariat of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) and its Subcommittee on Accreditation, provided substantive support to, and facilitated the holding of the seventeenth session of ICC in Geneva (12-13 April 2006) and the eighteenth session of ICC in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (26-27 October 2006). 8. The seventeenth session was attended by representatives of institutions from 48 countries. The meeting considered the existing ICC accreditation process in light of guidelines for NHRIs wishing to access the Human Rights Council and adopted a mechanism for periodic review of accreditation through a five-yearly re-accreditation process. Working groups were established on the role of NHRIs in the Human Rights Council, the treaty body process and the ICC accreditation process. In addition, a thematic discussion was held on appointment procedures within NHRIs, calling for open, transparent and participatory appointment processes for NHRI Chairs and members. Support was also provided to parallel meetings of other groups of NHRIs and to the work of the Subcommittee on Accreditation (14 applications were reviewed with substantive summaries provided for each). 9. The eighteenth session was attended by representatives of institutions from 55 countries. Working groups delivered papers on the role of NHRIs in the Human Rights Council, the role of NHRIs in the United Nations treaty body system and the ICC accreditation process. Discussions were held on NHRIs and early warning mechanisms and on the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities. Support was also provided to parallel meetings of regional groups of NHRIs and to the work of the Subcommittee on Accreditation (which reviewed nine applications of NHRIs for re-accreditation, eight applications for new accreditation and one review application pursuant to paragraph 3 (g) of the ICC rules of procedure).