A/HRC/RES/58/7 expert meeting in Africa on ways to support Governments’ efforts in repatriating funds of illicit origin to advance the realization of economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, with a view to discuss strategies, policies and best practices and make recommendations, with the participation of African States, the African Union and its relevant institutions, national human rights institutions, national anti-corruption institutions, civil society representatives and other relevant stakeholders, such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Bank; 28. Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a substantive report on enhancing international cooperation and national efforts to facilitate the repatriation of illicit funds and ensure the effective use of repatriated funds for sustainable development and the realization of economic, social and cultural rights, to be informed by the expert meetings and the input from experts from diverse geographic regions, including from States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the Advisory Committee, the treaty bodies, national human rights institutions and civil society representatives, including relevant local government networks and non-governmental organizations, and to present the report to the Council at its sixty-fourth session; 29. Stresses the need for transparency in financial institutions and effective due diligence measures to be applied by financial intermediaries, calls upon States to seek appropriate means in accordance with their international obligations to ensure the cooperation and responsiveness of financial institutions to foreign requests to freeze and recover funds of illicit origin and the provision of an efficient mutual legal assistance regime to States requesting repatriation of those funds, and encourages the promotion of human and institutional capacity-building in that regard; 30. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all States Members of the United Nations and forums dealing with the issue of the repatriation of funds of illicit origin within the United Nations system for consideration and necessary action and coordination as appropriate, particularly within the context of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; 31. Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item. 55th meeting 2 April 2025 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 29 to 15, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burundi, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Qatar, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Viet Nam Against: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, France, Georgia, Germany, Japan, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Republic of Korea, Romania, Spain, Switzerland Abstaining: Iceland, Marshall Islands, Mexico] 7