E/CN.4/1994/31 page 68 331. On 16 June 1993 the Government replied that Mr. Pinto’s wife had never been arrested, detained, nor subjected to any harassment. She continued to live at her residence where she could be freely contacted, even by the foreign press. The Indonesian Government had absolutely no reason for detaining persons such as Mrs. Pinto who had not been accused of any violations of law. In April 1993 Mr. Amos Wako, the personal envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, visited and talked with a number of persons in East Timor, including detainees. He conferred with them privately so that they would have an opportunity to express their views and opinions freely and without fear. Follow-up to the recommendations included in the report on the visit to the country carried out by the Special Rapporteur in November 1991 332. On 4 September 1992 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government reminding it of the recommendations included in the report on the visit carried out to the country by his predecessor and requesting information about any steps taken to implement those recommendations. On 26 January 1993 a reply was received which pointed out to the following measures taken by the Government in the field of human rights: (a) General 333. On 21 and 22 January 1991, in cooperation with the United Nations Centre for Human Rights, a national workshop on human rights was held at Jakarta, during which structural approaches to the intensification of national activities in the promotion and protection of human rights were outlined. 334. Among the decisions adopted at the workshop was the establishment of an inter-agency permanent committee on human rights. This committee, which was established on 22 February 1991, comprises representatives from different government agencies and departments, as well as members of important national non-governmental organizations. Three working groups were also created whose main respective tasks were to deal with: the question of Indonesia’s accession to international human rights instruments; national policies on human rights, including the preparations for the establishment of a national commission on human rights; participation in international human rights conferences. To date the committee and the three working groups have conducted several meetings. Meanwhile, the Indonesian House of Representatives has established its own Commission on Human Rights. 335. Among the issues discussed at a meeting of the Permanent Committee held on 2 November 1992 was the possibility of establishing technical cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights, in particular in the areas of training, such as for law enforcement officials, judges and lawyers, the dissemination of information and other information programmes. In addition, arrangements were made for setting up a curriculum on the study of human rights at university level and the establishment of a library on human rights materials. 336. The Committee was also responsible for the preparation of the Workshop for the Asian and Pacific Region on Human Rights Issues, held at Jakarta from 26 to 28 January 1993.