in Asia and the Pacific, in particular to evaluate the state of education for human rights in schools and institutions of higher education; review methods and materials in the field of human rights education, including innovative methods as well as relevant courses and curricula in different educational eabMlshments; contribute to the promotion of non-formal education in the field by elaborating concrete recommendations on the subject; determine the tasks and obligations of States related to the promotion of human rights education, and to encourage them to elaborate national plans in the field; evaluate the role of human rights education in preventing conflicts and ensuring better protection oi human rights of women, children and representativesof various vulnerable groups (persons belonging to minorities, backward classes, migrant workers, disabled persons, etc.); discuss the role of national bodies for the protection of human rights, research and training institutions in the field, non-governmental organisations and other actors of civil society in the promotion of better knowledge on human rights and their protection; elaborate, discuss and adopt an Asia-Pacific implementation strategy aimed at the promotion of human rights education. 13.29 The Conference brought together representatives of governmental structures dealing with human rights education, as well as representatives of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organisations, human rights research and training institutions, UNESCO Chairs in the field and institutions of higher education, among others. 13.30 The Conference led to the adoption of the 'Pune declaration on education for human rights in Asia and the Pacific region'. The declaration notes the diversity of problems in the Asia-Pacific region and defines the principal aims of Education for Human Rights. It also categorizes the contents of Educafion for Human Rights, its purpose and its aims. It makes a number of recommendations to accelerate the process of promoting Education for Human Rights in this region. The declaratbn recognisedthe role of national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations and their regional associations in the implementation of national and regional plans and strategies in the field of Education for Human Rights. It called upon national human rights institutions, individually and jointly through their regional forum in