HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS At the international level, in his report to the General Assembly (A/72/316), the Secretary-General highlighted the critical role of human rights in preventing violent extremism and countering terrorism, with reference to observations and initiatives issued by UN Human Rights and the international human rights mechanisms. Indeed, UN Human Rights contributed to substantive discussions and the development of strategies for preventing and countering violent extremism, including for the Barcelona Plan of Action (January 2017), the Beirut Declaration on “Faith for Rights,” (March 2017) and the Rabat+5 Symposium (December 2017). Through work with the Office of Counter-Terrorism, a global human rights capacity-building project for law enforcement was implemented to support the integration of human rights into the counter-terrorism initiatives of security and law enforcement officials. Training sessions and engagement with senior government officials have taken place in Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Nigeria and Tunisia with plans to provide further training sessions in Cameroon. Engagement by the international community Efforts were made to ensure that the international community was kept appraised of human rights issues of concern in conflict-affected areas. Specifically, a number of investigative bodies were established, including the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and a Fact-Finding Mission in relation to Myanmar. In addition, 11 monitoring missions were deployed, including one to Angola to monitor the human rights violations committed in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; three missions to Bangladesh to monitor the human rights violations of the Rohingya population in Myanmar; surge capacity deployed to Kenya in the context of the 2017 elections; one mission to Qatar to gather information on the impact of the Gulf crisis on the human rights situation; one to Guatemala to assist with human rights monitoring related to the crisis in the child Experts of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar interview Rohingya children in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. © OHCHR UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 49