E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5 page 6 4. During the course of the visit, the Special Rapporteur met with officials, including (in chronological order): the Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Mr. D. Pant and Mr. T. Upreti; the Attorney-General, Mr. P. Ojha; the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. D. Shahi; the Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr. C. Shrestha and Mr. B.G. Bista; the Director General of the Department of Prison Management, Mr. B. Neupelane; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr. D. Poudel; the Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. R. Timalsena; the Inspector General of Police, Mr. S. Thapa; and the Additional Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Mr. R. Thapa. He met senior officials of the Royal Nepalese Army, including Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General R. Katwal and the commanders of the Eastern and Midwestern Divisions of the RNA, Major General P. Malla and Major General C. Gurung. Meetings were held with the Heads of the Human Rights Cells of the Police, the Armed Police and the RNA. 5. The Special Rapporteur met with the Commissioners and staff of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), including commissioners R. Rakesh, S. Pathak and S. Silu, and Acting Secretary K. Poudyal. 6. The Special Rapporteur met representatives of the diplomatic corps in Nepal, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT). He met representatives of the following NGOs: Advocacy Forum, Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES), Centre for Victims of Torture (CVICT), Constitutional Lawyer’s Forum, Dalit NGO Federation, Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO), Human Rights Organization of Nepal (HURON), Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES), Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), Nepalese Section of the International Commission of Jurists, Institute of Human Rights Communication, Nepal (IHRICON), Law Associates Nepal, People’s Forum for Human Rights and Development (PFHRD), People’s Front and Nepal Bar Association. 7. In Kathmandu, the Special Rapporteur visited the Central Prison, Hanuman Dhoka District Police Office, Patan Police Office, Chhauni barracks of the RNA and Sundarijal Investigation Centre, where he interviewed detainees and staff. 8. The Special Rapporteur also travelled to Nepalgunj in the west of the country, where he met with NGOs and the Chief District Officer, Mr. B.K. Adikhari, among others. In Nepalgunj he visited the District Prison of Banke District, the RNA Midwestern Division Headquarters (Pritna), the Chisapani and Kohalpur barracks, the Armed Police Force Tactical Training Centre and the District Police Office. 9. The Special Rapporteur expresses his appreciation to the Government for the full cooperation it provided to him throughout the visit, and looks forward to a long-term process of cooperation with the Government to prevent and combat the practice of torture. 10. He also extends his sincere appreciation for the excellent support provided to him by the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. M. Kahane, and by Ms. H. Sorensen, Ms. R. Shakya and the drivers; the field presence of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, particularly Mr. I. Martin, Mr. D. Johnson, Ms. C. Covarrubias, Mr. E. Boati, Mr. B. Majekodumni, Ms. N. de Oliveira and Mr. Baivatu; OHCHR, Geneva, particularly Mr. S. Syed; Ms. J. Kozma of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights; and the interpreters and forensic specialists who accompanied the Special Rapporteur.