A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 Page 86 471. Recommendation (p) stated: Police, the armed police and RNArecruits undergo extensive and thorough training using a curriculum that incorporates human rights education throughout ,and that includes training in effective interrogation techniques and the proper use of policing equipment, and that existing personnel receive continuing education; 472. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, the Nepal Police Human Rights Cell has issued circulars to police issuing instructions not to use torture and was informed that the instructions were issued in response to the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on Torture. 473. The APF has recently issued a booklet on human rights promotion and protection which includes a section on state responsibility to prevent torture. 474. It is not known to what extent the regular APF and NP training curricula incorporates reference to human rights principles and good practices. There is a need to strengthen training on the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, as well as how to implement them in practice, including on the appropriate use of equipment. While acknowledging that some training had been carried out by the NP in investigations, it noted that the training needs to be strengthened, including with regard to the collection and preservation of evidence including in the context of investigations into human rights violations. 475. Recommendation (q) stated: Systematic training programmes and awareness raising campaigns be carried out on the principles of the Convention against Torture for the public at large, security forces personnel, legal professionals and the judiciary; and 476. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, there is no information of any systematic training or awareness-raising campaigns with regard to the principles of the Convention against Torture at the present time. 477. Recommendation (r) stated: Security forces personnel recommended for United Nations peacekeeping operations be scrupulously vetted for their suitability to serve, and that any concerns raised by OHCHR in respect of individuals or units be taken into consideration. 478. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, the lack of accountability for human rights violations has been repeatedly highlighted by United Nations bodies, including the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances after its visit to Nepal in December 2004, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture after his visit in September 2005. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, in January 2005, raised concern with the Prime Minister, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and the Chief of Staff of NA about the human rights record of NA as a factor to be taken into account when considering selection for the United Nations peacekeeping operations. The High Commissioner subsequently in May 2005 recommended to the United Nations Under-Secretary For Peacekeeping Operations that “… data collected by our monitors be shared with DPKO [the Department for Peacekeeping Operations], particularly with regard to individuals and units implicated in human rights abuses, … We also intend to keep a record of those officers who do not cooperate with our monitoring operation or who threaten or intimidate victims or witnesses who seek our protection, as we feel