legislation and for transparency in the appointment of commission members. Such institutions should have advisory, educational and investigatory functions; 8.2 Agreed that, in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, national institutions and NGOs would provide information and advice to governments and NGOs of other countries, where requested, on models for the establishment of national institutions in conformity with the Paris Principles; 9 Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions 9.1 Requested the Forum Secretariat, in cooperation with NGOs, to disseminate this Program of Action widely to governments, national institutions, nongovernmental organisations, the United Nations and other international and regional organisations; 9.2 Requested the Forum Secretariat to collaborate with national institutions and NGOs of the region in the mobilisation of funds through programs of technical cooperation aimed at giving effect to activities proposed in this Program of Action; 9.3 Agreed that national institutions and NGOs would provide brief annual reports to the Forum on measures taken to give effect to this Program of Action; 9.4 Took note of the arrangements for NGO participation at the Third Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, held in Jakarta in September 1998, and requested that the Forum attempts to ensure that NGO participation continues to improve in future Forum meetings; 10 International activity 10.1 Cooperate in monitoring and encouraging government compliance with international obligations and implementation of recommendations, views or opinions given by international human rights monitoring bodies; cooperate in reporting to treaty monitoring bodies and in disseminating treaty body reports, recommendations, views and opinions; 10.2 Consult and cooperate in support of the participation of national human rights institutions and NGOs in international and regional human rights meetings under the auspices of the United Nations; cooperate for the strengthening of United Nations mechanisms, including, where appropriate, through coordinated approaches to government and parliaments; 10.3 Conduct jointly information sessions on the United Nations protection mechanisms; work cooperatively to ensure that alleged violations of human rights are presented to appropriate United Nations or other intergovernmental mechanisms.