Commission. Further it was agreed, that no room would be left for such situation to arise in the future. (Please refer to Annex 05 for a copy of the letter) Human Rights Promotion Programme 17 Educational programmes were conducted on human rights. The targeted groups were the police officers, army officers, prison officers, officers of the Divisional Secretariat, journalists and members of the civil society. Around 500 officers deployed in office and field work attached to the four Divisional Secretariats of the Badulla District were made aware on human rights under these programmes. Heads of other institutions have also requested the Commission to conduct similar programmes. Further, a Senior Lecturer of the University of Colombo and the Senior Executive Staff had contributed as resource persons for the workshop organized for journalists under the UN Human Rights programme. Working with Civil Society Organizations Awareness programmes were conducted jointly with Civil Organizations. The Commission contributed   by   providing   resource   persons   to   “Deshodya   Programmes”   organized   by   the   Uva   Regional Office of Sarvodaya , inter-religion programmes and programmes conducted by USCOD Institute, Badulla. Further, it should be noted that the Commission also contributed to a programme organized by the Sri Lanka Association for the Blind. A special meeting was held to strengthen activities with civil organizations. 66