Chapter 3 - Report of the Research and Policy Development Group Nevertheless, the Commission is pleased that the Prime Minister of Malaysia committed to providing input for the formulation of a Commonwealth Statement on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This aims at providing the Commonwealth perspectives and recommendations in shaping and determining the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Commission hopes that the input provided by Malaysia and the Commonwealth will be based on principles of human rights, in particular the human rights based-approach to development. The Commission also calls upon the Government, in preparing its input, to engage in broad and meaningful consultation with stakeholders including civil society groups to ensure that their views are heard and reflected. 5. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) The UPR, established by UNGA Resolution 60/21 and further supported by HRC Resolution 5/1, is now in its second cycle. Malaysia’s human rights record was reviewed in October, for the second time since 2009. The Commission played an active role in the process, both prior to and after the second review. One role of a NHRI is to inform the UPR Working Group about the country’s human rights situation. In March, the Commission submitted its independent report,6 also known as a Stakeholder’s Report, which highlighted its views and observations on various human rights issues, ranging from accession to international human rights treaties and the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) to rights of marginalised groups and other emerging issues, such as business and human rights and rights of older persons. The Commission adopted its Plan of Action for Malaysia’s Second UPR cycle, underlining the Commission’s plans and proposed activities for the second cycle of Malaysia’s UPR, which will last for another four and a half years In preparing its report, the Commission conducted a series of consultations with stakeholders including government agencies and civil society groups to obtain input and feedback. While most of the meetings were held in 2012, three were held with media representatives in February 2013. The Commission adopted its Plan of Action in September which outlines plans and proposed activities for the second cycle of Malaysia’s UPR over the next four and a half years up to 2018. Among the activities proposed are a nationwide campaign to raise public awareness and understanding of the UPR and the Government’s commitments under this mechanism, more active engagement with the media, and the Commission’s participation in Malaysia’s review in Geneva. The Commission held a briefing session for the diplomatic corps in Malaysia on 27 August, with these objectives: (i) To alert participants to Malaysia’s second UPR; 6 See Appendix II for the Commission’s Independent Submission to Malaysia’s UPR 101