A/RES/50/176 Page 3 6. Requests the Secretary-General to give high priority to requests from Member States for assistance in the establishment and strengthening of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights as part of the programme of advisory services and technical assistance in the field of human rights, and invites Governments to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Advisory Services and Technical Assistance in the Field of Human Rights for these purposes; 7. Notes the role of the coordinating committee created by national institutions at the second International Workshop on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, held at Tunis from 13 to 17 December 1993, in close cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat, to assist Governments and institutions, when requested, to follow up on relevant resolutions and recommendations concerning the strengthening of national institutions; 8. Also notes the importance of finding an appropriate form of participation by national institutions in relevant United Nations meetings dealing with human rights; 9. Recognizes the important and constructive role that nongovernmental organizations may play, in cooperation with national institutions, for the better promotion and protection of human rights; 10. Encourages all Member States to take appropriate steps to promote the exchange of information and experience concerning the establishment and effective operation of such national institutions; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution. 99th plenary meeting 22 December 1995