A/HRC/4/33/Add.3 page 24 (w) Security personnel recommended for United Nations peacekeeping operations be scrupulously vetted for their suitability to serve; (x) The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture be ratified, and a truly independent monitoring mechanism be established - where the members of the visiting commissions would be appointed for a fixed period of time and not subject to dismissal - to visit all places where persons are deprived of their liberty throughout the country; (y) Systematic training programmes and awareness-raising campaigns be carried out on the principles of the Convention against Torture for the public at large, security personnel, legal professionals and the judiciary. International cooperation 73. The Special Rapporteur recommends that relevant international organizations, including the OHCHR and UNDP, be requested to provide, in a coordinated manner, assistance in the follow-up to the above recommendations.