It is the reponsibility of the political section to report on human rights affairs and promote democracy. An embassy avoids friction with the host government as long as it reports only internally on human rights problems in the host country. If an embassy goes further, for example, by supporting local human rights groups, tensions with the host government may occur. The latter might even call the human rights activities of the foreign embassy interference in domestic affairs. The cooperation eith the government is, however, necessary if a positive resulf is to be achieved. Therefore, access to the political leaders of the country is crucial.