International Co-operation United Nations The ODIHR worked with a number of UN agencies throughout 2006 in all of its main programmatic areas. In some cases, co-operation took the form of regular exchanges of information and experience. In others, it involved co-organization of events or work on joint projects. The ODIHR regularly shares information with the UN’s Electoral Assistance Division with respect to election monitoring. The two were also among a number of organizations that supported the development of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and Code of Conduct for International Election Observers. In the field of legislative support, the ODIHR exchanges information and resources with a variety of UN bodies, particularly with respect to interpretation of United Nations legal instruments. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) co-organized a technical workshop with the ODIHR on human rights and international co-operation in counter-terrorism that took place in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, in November. The OHCHR also contributed to the establishment of an ODIHR Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders and National Human Rights Institutions in order to ensure that their respective activities were complementary, as well as to formulate a programme that includes joint activities. The ODIHR and the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-operated on criminal-justice reform, combating corruption, and anti-terrorism. ODIHR staff contributed to the UNODC’s development of a Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit, and the Office co-sponsored seminars in Moscow on international standards on ethics and accountability for prosecutors and judges. Officials from the UNODC took part in ODIHR training courses on human rights and anti-terrorism, and they were also consulted on the development of a manual on human rights protection and counter-terrorism. Meanwhile, ODIHR staff gave presentations at UNODC workshops on international co-operation in combating terrorism. The ODIHR co-operated with a number of UN bodies in 2006 in the fields of gender equality and women and security. The ODIHR contributed to the activities of the UN’s Economic Commission for Europe at a roundtable on “Gender Equality and Growth Prospects for the SPECA Region” in Baku in June. In Georgia, the members of the NGO Coalition on Promoting Gender Equality worked with the local UNIFEM office to strengthen co-operation with the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality. In Kyrgyzstan, the ODIHR and the UN Development Programme continued to implement a joint programme providing training on women’s rights and gender-sensitive approaches to governance for members of women’s councils within local-government structures. The ODIHR and UNIFEM CIS held a regional roundtable in Almaty in September on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office is one of the ODIHR’s partners in a research project to provide assistance in developing Kazakhstan’s migration policy. At the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, the ODIHR co-organized a side event with the Warsaw Office of UN Habitat called “Building Coalitions among Roma Representatives to Formalize Informal Settlements: Towards a Regional Roma Housing Support Center”. This brought together Roma representatives to discuss initiatives, lessons learned, and what action is needed to legalize and consolidate Roma housing and settlements in particular communities. Annual Report  91