ANNUAL REPORT 2004 Participating in programme, representatives of human rights NGOs and civil society emphasised the need for more effective role of the Commission in checking the incidents of abduction and forceful disappearances being intensified by the government and Maoist rebels. The Commission informed that it had strongly condemned the abduction of students and teachers as being a highly sensitive issue. It also added that it had exerted continuous pressure on the government and maoists to abide by the minimum steps forwarded to both of the warring parties. 4. Regional Training on Human Rights Monitoring A three-day training programme on human rights monitoring was held from 13-15 June 2004 in Pokhara. Representatives of human rights NGOs, advocates, and journalists took part in the programme. Surya Bahadur Deuja and Madhav Prasad Gautam of the Commission provided coaching on the basic principles of human rights monitoring in the programme held in cooperation with the Capacity Development Project. 5. Regional Level Orientation Programme for Law Enforcing Bodies A two-day orientation programme was held 12-13 June 2004 in Pokhara to acquaint officers of the law enforcing agencies like Royal Nepalese Army (RNA), Civil Police, District Administration Office, and regional administrative bodies with human rights principles and international humanitarian laws. Regional administrators, chiefs of RNA, chief district officers (CDOs), and senior officers of security agencies actively participated in the programme and shared their experiences with the Commission. NHRC Commissioner Sushil Pyakurel, former Supreme Court justice Laxman Prasad Aryal, and acting secretary of the Commission Kedar Prasad Paudyal shed light on the protection of human rights. 6. Workshop on Trafficking on Girls,Women and Children At the present context where there is no clear definition of trafficking on women and children, the office of the National Rapporteur organized a workshop on 16 June 2004 to come up with a clear definition of human trafficking through the discussions with the government and non-governmental organizations. In the workshop, Durga Ghimire of ABC Nepal, Gauri Pradhan of CWIN (Child Workers in Nepal Concern Centre), and Bindu Gautam of Plan Nepal presented their respective working papers on human trafficking. Joint secretary of the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Shyam Sunder Sharma had participated in the workshop. 7. Workshop training for Human Rights Monitors With its initiative making headway to establish its regional offices, the Commission required more workforce for which it organised a three-day workshop on basic human rights for the candidates successful in the written tests in Kathmandu. The workshop aimed at acquainting the candidates with the real life problems encountered in course of monitoring incidents of human rights violation, and at equipping them with basic ways to respond to the hardship. In the programme inaugurated by Commissioner 23