47 (under the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture) for treaty body members and participates in such visits as support. The secretariat also provides technical briefings to States parties and induction training for new treaty body members. During the induction, the work of the treaty bodies is presented and issues related to travel, security, privileges and immunities, standards of conduct and other issues of interest to new members are explained. Moreover, the secretariat organizes thematic discussions, special events and meetings with States, civil society, United Nations agencies and other international organizations, and other stakeholders. The secretariat further undertakes all administrative tasks for the treaty bodies’ sessions, including facilitating travel arrangements in coordination with members and the travel section of OHCHR, formatting and submitting documents for editing and translation to the Division of Conference Management, and liaising with this Division on organizational issues such as meeting room bookings and interpretation services. All staff members supporting treaty bodies are international civil servants answerable to the Secretary-General, which in practice means the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division. HRTD staff work under the supervision of secretaries and chiefs of section under an established HRTD workplan. Staff members of other parts of the United Nations providing support to the treaty bodies are similarly answerable to the Secretary-General and, in practice, to the Director-General of UNOG and the Director of the Division of Conference Management or the United Nations Information Service. Other divisions of OHCHR and their support to the treaty bodies Other divisions in OHCHR also support the work of the treaty bodies. OHCHR field presences have an important role in providing information on country situations for the reporting process and in assisting States and others in following up on treaty body recommendations. Similarly, OHCHR and other United Nations field presences can help in the organization of inquiries and visits. The Research and Right to Development Division in OHCHR supports treaty bodies by providing research to assist with the drafting of general comments/recommendations and by convening seminars and workshops on issues related to specific treaties. The OHCHR Communications Section organizes press conferences, circulates press statements and raises awareness of the treaty bodies’ work through various media, including social media, the press as well as radio and television. The OHCHR National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section also supports the work of the human rights treaty bodies by reaching out to its constituencies.

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