A/HRC/19/27 • Training in promoting effective policing should focus on changes in behaviour leading to changes in attitude • Trust in the police service and the community can be encouraged through effective communication B. Training workshop on minority rights 12. On 2 and 3 June 2011, OHCHR conducted a regional training workshop on the protection of the rights of minorities for OHCHR staff members based in the South-East Asia region, as well as for staff members from UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) working in the same region. 13. The training workshop, which was held in Bangkok with the support of the OHCHR Regional Office, was part of the ongoing efforts of the Office to provide training aimed at strengthening the mainstreaming capacity of OHCHR field presences and United Nations country teams. The training also sought to integrate the protection of the rights of minorities into country and regional strategies and development programmes, including by creating consultative mechanisms to support agencies on policy issues affecting minorities. This training activity also resulted in greater understanding of definitions, standards, mechanisms and implementation strategies in addressing the protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities. C. Minorities fellowship programme 14. In its efforts to build the capacity of civil society actors, OHCHR offers a fellowship programme for persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. In 2011, following extensive consultations and revisions, the programme has been further improved and the presence of fellows from the two linguistic components programme (English and Arabic) as one group coincided with the annual session of the Forum on Minority Issues. The programme was conducted from 14 November to 16 December 2011 and brought to Geneva persons belonging to minorities from Canada, Iraq, Kenya, Mauritania, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sri Lanka and Yemen. Through the fellowship programme, OHCHR offers minorities an opportunity to gain knowledge about the United Nations system and the mechanisms dealing with international human rights in general and minority rights in particular. 15. In 2011, for the first time, the fellowship programme included joint sessions with the participants of the Global Advocacy Programme, organized by Minority Rights Group International in partnership with OHCHR and aimed at building the capacity of minority rights advocates. 16. Furthermore, a position of senior fellow was created in 2011 with the aim of giving an experienced minority rights expert an opportunity to gain further practical knowledge and working level experience by directly contributing to the programmes and activities of the OHCHR Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section. The first senior fellow, from the Uighur minority in China, she worked at OHCHR from October to December 2011. D. Inter-Agency Group on Minorities 17. The Inter-Agency Group on Minorities convened its seventh meeting on 4 October 2011, pursuant to article 9 of the Declaration on Minorities. According to Article 9, the 5