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6.
Also reaffirms the ongoing need for enhanced voluntary contributions to the
relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building,
particularly the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of
Human Rights, the Voluntary Trust Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic
Review, the Voluntary Trust Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance for the
Implementation of the Universal Periodic Review and the Voluntary Technical Assistance
Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island
Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council, and encourages States to
continue to make contributions to these funds, especially those who have not yet done so;
7.
Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make his
next annual oral presentation, under agenda item 10, on the overview of and successes, best
practices and challenges in technical assistance and capacity-building efforts, particularly
those provided by the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant United Nations
agencies, to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fourth session, and subsequently on an
annual basis at the March session of the Council;
8.
Invites the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary
Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights to present the next
comprehensive report on the Board’s work to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fourth
session, and subsequently on an annual basis at the March session of the Council, and
encourages the Chairs of the boards of trustees of other funds administered by the Office of
the High Commissioner to support activities in the area of technical assistance and
capacity-building to make a presentation at the same session;
9.
Welcomes the panel discussion held under agenda item 10 at the thirty-first
session of the Human Rights Council on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacitybuilding to promote and protect the rights of all migrants, including women, children, older
persons and persons with disabilities”, 1 in which participants underlined the importance of
technical cooperation and capacity-building in filling gaps and supporting States in
overcoming challenges in the implementation of their national migration policies to
promote and protect the rights of all migrants;
10.
Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29
September 2011, that the theme for the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item
10 to be held during its thirty-fifth session will be “A decade of technical cooperation and
capacity-building in the Human Rights Council: challenges and the way forward”;
11.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on
progress and the challenges encountered in the main activities aimed at enhancing technical
cooperation and capacity-building undertaken since the establishment of the Human Rights
Council by the Office, other relevant United Nations agencies and, where applicable,
regional organizations to support efforts by States to promote and protect human rights, and
to submit it to the Council at its thirty-fifth session, to serve as a basis for the thematic
panel discussion, and to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies,
relevant special procedures and other stakeholders, including, where applicable, those
involved in technical cooperation projects that demonstrate best practices, constructive
engagement and positive impact on the ground with a view to ensuring their participation in
the thematic panel discussion;
12.
Calls upon States, relevant international organizations, intergovernmental
bodies and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to make use of the
ideas and issues raised in the annual panel discussion under agenda item 10 during its
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See A/HRC/31/80.
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