Asia and the Pacific, to support the efforts of governments, academic institutions, NGOs, and other players for the implementation of national programmes in line with the aims of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004), 13.31 The seventh Asia-Pacific Workshop on Human Rights was held in New Delhi between 16-18 February 1999. It was wganised by the Ministry of External Affairs in consultation and cooperation with the United Nations High Commlssioner for Human Rights, who visited Delhi on fhat occasion and held most valuable discussions with t b Commission. (H) PUBLICATIONS ANDTHE MEDIA 13.32 The monthly Newsletters of the Commission continued to be a valuable source of information on the Commission's work, programmes and concerns. It has also been providing the gist of important decisions of the Commission in respect of individual complaints addressed to it. The Newsletter continues to be widely appreciated by human rights activists, members of the legal fraternity, administrators, representatives of NGOs, research scholars and students. The Commission receives a regular flow of letters concerning the Newsletter, variously expressing appreciation and making suggestions for its improvement. 13.33 The demand to be added to the Commission's mailing list is large and growing. The number of addresses in the mailing list has now risen to 4,000 with more requests coming in. The Newsletter is also much in demand at symposiums, seminars and workshops on human rights, whether organized by the Commission itself or by others. 13.34 The Newsletter is now available on the Commission's web-page: 'www.nhrc.nic.in'. This will help the Cornmisston to reach a much wider audieme. 13.35 The Commission has been maintaining its clipping information service in the form of a computerised database. Newspaper clippings can thus be retrieved newspaper-wise, datawise and topic-wise. This service has provided a very useful source of information not only to the Commission, but also to a number of research scholars, students and media-persons, who have easy access to it. 13.36 The Commission would once again like to express its thanks to the media for the increasing coverage of human rights issues. There has been constant interaction with the Commission. Interviews with the Chairperson and Members on varied human rights issues have appeared regularly on television channels. Further, there have been regular briefings of the media, both through press-releases and on a one-to-one basis. Indeed, the media has been a key ally of the Commission in promoting and protecting human rights. As in the past, the Commission has frequently taken cognizance of human rights violations on the basis of media reports.