48 j REVIEW OF LAWS, IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS Protection of Human Rights in Bangkok, Thailand from 5-7 July 1999. The broad purpose was to examine how best Governments could fulfil the commitment they have repeatedly made, ever since the 1993 World Conference on Hmnan Rights, to devise and implement such National Plans. Following the Workshop, the Ministry of External Affairs forwarded a copy of the conclusions of the Workshop to the Commission along with an annexure that contained possible elements to facilitate the development of National Action Plans for the promotion and protection of Human Rights. The annexure suggested, inter alia, that the following steps be taken: • Establishing a national co-ordinating committee for the development of the national plan of action for the promotion and protection of human rights. • Conducting a baseline study on the promotion and protection of human rights in the coimtry. • Identifying possible substantive components of a national human rights action plan. • Developing priorities and strategies. • Drafting the national plan of action and associated activities. • Implementing the national plan of action. • Monitoring and evaluation of the national plan of action. • Review and revision of the national plan of action. 4.26 The Commission noted that the conclusions of the Regional Workshop in Bangkok were most useful and worth pursuing. It therefore asked what steps the Government of India had taken or would be taking to implement the recommendations contained in those conclusions. In response to a communication from the Commission, a senior official in the Ministry of Home Affairs replied on 27 June 2000 stating that, 'this Ministry is of the view that the conclusions of the InterSessional Workshop and the annexure containing possible elements to facilitate-the development of a National Action Plan for the promotion and protection of human rights are very useful and important.It isfelt that steps like conducting a baseline study on the promotion and protection ofhuman rights in the country, developingpriorities NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION