1. The Committee is highly appreciative of the SAHRC's valuable work in promoting and protecting human rights. It feels that this Commission has come into its own and the work it is producing is exciting. It notes, also, the SAHRC's high-standing among human rights commissions worldwide and congratulates it on this. The Committee is pleased that the SAHRC reports that it has managed to secure funds from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), through the African Renaissance Fund, to allow the Chairperson to assume the position of Chairperson to the International Co-ordinating Committee of Human Rights Institutions.