A/62/221 26. On 10 May 2007, he met with representatives of the Embassy of the United States of America in Vienna to discuss the closure of the detention facilities at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, and other issues of common concern. 27. On 16 May 2007, he met the President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, to discuss issues related to counter-terrorism and torture. 28. On 21 May 2007, he met with Human Rights Watch representatives in Vienna to discuss human rights challenges posed by the fight against terrorism. 29. From 29 May to 6 June 2007, while in Washington, D.C., the Special Rapporteur had a series of meetings with officials of the United States Department of State to discuss various issues, including the closure of the detention facilities at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and how the burden could be shared. 30. On 31 May 2007, he participated in a panel discussion entitled “Human rights and the war on terror” at American University in Washington, D.C. 31. On 14 June 2007, the Special Rapporteur trained NGO representatives participating in a workshop entitled “The war on terror” organized by Amnesty International in Vienna. 32. On 22 June 2007, he gave a speech entitled “Torture and terrorism” at the thirty-second annual meeting of Austrian international lawyers in Altaussee, Austria. 33. On 14 July 2007, he gave a speech entitled “The implementation of the EU guidelines on torture” at the Diplomatic Conference organized by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice. Reform of the United Nations human rights machinery/coordination with United Nations agencies and regional bodies 34. On 18 January 2007 the Special Rapporteur made a presentation on the reform of the Human Rights Council at a conference of the NGOs in consultative relationship with the United Nations in Vienna. 35. From 19 to 21 January 2007, he participated in a conference entitled “Encouraging implementation of human rights standards” at Wilton Park, United Kingdom, sat on a panel which discussed the role of the special procedures and gave the closing speech, entitled “Looking at the future”. 36. On 23 February 2007, he met with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Geneva during its first session to discuss issues relating to coordination, visit methodology and national preventive mechanisms. He held discussions with some of the Subcommittee’s members again on 18 June 2007 in Geneva. 37. On 20 May 2007, the Special Rapporteur met with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe in Vienna to discuss issues of common concern. 38. On 31 May 2007, he met with the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Florentín Melendez, in Washington D.C., to exchange experiences and deliberate on possibilities for cooperation. 39. On 13 June 2007, the Special Rapporteur held a series of meetings in The Hague with the President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn 07-45686 7