MANAGEMENT • As part of the Office’s piloting of the Gender Accreditation Programme, an audit was undertaken of gender and diversity in staffing and the recruitment process. The gender and geographic diversity profile of the Office was constantly monitored in terms of recruitment. Gender and diversity goals were included in over 90 per cent of staff Performance Assessments. Office-wide discussions on gender and diversity were held, with a focus on recruitment and the diversity profile of the Office. HRDs with regard to protecting and promoting the rights of LGBTI persons through the work of the international human rights mechanisms and within the international human rights law framework. It also aims to strengthen the capacities of UN Human Rights to integrate the human rights of these populations into its work. This year, a transgender person from Kenya was selected in recognition of the violence and discrimination that transgender persons face in all regions of the world. • UN Human Rights piloted its LGBTI Fellowship, in November, as part of the OEAP on diversity and inclusion. The Fellowship seeks to raise awareness and build the capacity of LGBTI • UN Human Rights prepared a discussion paper on Transforming our own demography for greater diversity (also known as The Rainbow Paper). The discussion paper takes stock of the Office’s efforts in recent years in terms of diversity and remaining challenges. It also showcases staff profiles by gender and geography in comparison to the world population. The discussion paper was instrumental in the launch of a set of Diversity Dialogues in the Office to encourage an open exchange on what actions could be taken to ensure that its demography is more in sync with the world’s population. The feedback received will be compiled into a set of concrete measures for the High Commissioner to approve for implementation in 2020. Recommendations from the staff Diversity Task Force remain important and will form part of UNITED NATIONS DISABILITY INCLUSION STRATEGY In 2019, UN Human Rights deployed its Human Rights and Disability Adviser to support the development of the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS). During the period from January to June, UN Human Rights, UNDP and ILO delivered 16 trainings and reached over 300 UN officers in New York, Geneva, Rome and Vienna. In addition, it supported the drafting of the UN policy and the entity-based accountability framework. The UNDIS is the first system-wide accountability framework on disability inclusion in the UN. Its entity-based indicators and the scorecard for UNCTs (currently under development) are envisioned to bring about a structural change in the organization and provide for a human rights-based policy framework to improve its performance in “Leaving No One Behind,” including persons with disabilities. It is also the first UN accountability framework that operates across all UN pillars, without distinction, and will also apply to peace and security and climate change initiatives. UN Human Rights had a substantive role in the establishment of the UNDIS Secretariat in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. The Office’s Human Rights and Disability Adviser was shortlisted for the Secretary-General’s Award as a “Change Agent,” for his work on the UNDIS. UN Human Rights is preparing its first report to the Secretary-General on the UNDIS. UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 81