34 Partners in Implementation PART I Enhanced role of the ODIHR (5) Under the general guidance of the CSO and in addition to its existing tasks as set out in the Charter of Paris for a New Europe and in the Prague Document on Further Development of CSCE Institutions and Structures, the ODIHR will, as the main institution of the Human Dimension: (5a) assist the monitoring of implementation of commitments in the Human Dimension by: • serving as a venue for bilateral meetings under paragraph 2 and as a channel for information under paragraph 3 of the Human Dimension Mechanism as set out in the Vienna Concluding Document; • receiving any comments from States visited by CSCE missions of relevance to the Human Dimension other than those under the Human Dimension Mechanism; it will transmit the report of those missions as well as eventual comments to all participating States with a view to discussion at the next implementation meeting or review conference; • participating in or undertaking missions when instructed by the Council or the CSO; (5b) act as a clearing-house for information on: • a state of public emergency according to paragraph 28.10 of the Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension; • resource lists, and assistance, e.g. in the field of censuses or on democracy at a local and regional level, and the holding of national seminars on such issues; (5c) assist other activities in the field of the Human Dimension, including the building of democratic institutions by: • fulfilling the tasks as defined in the “Programme of co-ordinated support to recently admitted participating States”; • arranging “Seminars on the democratic process” at the request of participating States. The same procedural provisions as set out in the “Programme of co-ordinated support for recently admitted participating States” will also apply to these seminars; • contributing, within the resources at its disposal, to the preparation of seminars at the request of one or more participating States; • providing, as appropriate, facilities to the High Commissioner on National Minorities; • communicating, as appropriate, with relevant international and non-governmental organizations; • consulting and co-operating with relevant bodies of the Council of Europe and those associated with it, and examining how they can contribute, as appropriate, to the ODIHR’s activities. The ODIHR will also, at the request of participating States, supply them with information about programmes within the framework of the Council of Europe which are open to all participating States. (6) The activities on Human Dimension issues undertaken by the ODIHR may, inter alia, contribute to early warning in the prevention of conflicts. Human Dimension Mechanism (7) In order to align the Human Dimension Mechanism with present CSCE structures and institutions the participating States decide that: