Requirement Four Participating in Local and External Events 34. In the field of partnership with relevant local, regional, and international bodies, the NIHR held consultative encounters and meetings with a number of ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as with international organizations, bodies and mechanisms concerned with human rights issues, in addition to a group of regional and international expert houses working in the field of human rights, and clubs of foreign communities. These meetings discussed several topics, the most prominent of which is the Kingdom of Bahrain’s special interest in the human rights issue since the launch of the reform project of His Majesty the King of the country - may God protect and preserve him, which was represented in the establishment of many human rights institutions and associations most notably, the NIHR. 35. In these meetings, the establishment of the NIHR, its legal framework and its role in the promotion and protection of human rights were also discussed, as well as the role of these human rights institutions and associations and their activities in various issues related to human rights, ways of support and joint cooperation between the two parties, and the NIHR's readiness to provide expertise in the field of training and education on human rights issues and building capacities of the employees of these institutions on the various international human rights instruments, and the obligations arising from them on the part of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in addition to the relevant international mechanisms of the Human Rights Council. 36. The NIHR also participated in the consultative meetings held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the presence of relevant civil society organizations working in the field of human rights, for the purpose of discussing and evaluating the recommendations of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council, and to indicate the recommendations that have been achieved. The NIHR referred its views on all recommendations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 37. The NIHR participated in the introductory meeting organized remotely by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for members of the National Network for International Affairs, in the presence of members of the Coordination and Follow-up Committee between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and United Nations agencies, the resident representative of the United Nations Development Program in the Kingdom, the legal auditor and editor of the Strategic Cooperation and Sustainable Development Framework document (2020 - 2022) between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Nations agencies, which was held in August 2020. NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 100