A/HRC/RES/34/40
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 April 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February–24 March 2017
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2017
34/40.
Promoting 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
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its resolution 19/26 of 23 March 2012 establishing the terms of reference
for 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,
Recalling also its decision 31/115 of 23 March 2016 on the holding of a high-level
panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council and
the value placed upon the participation of all States Members of the United Nations in the
work of the Council,
Reaffirming its resolution 33/28 of 30 September 2016 on the enhancement of
technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and welcoming the
panel discussion under agenda item 10 to be held during its thirty-fifth session, entitled “A
decade of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council:
challenges and the way forward”,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015 on the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Recognizing that the enhancement of international cooperation is essential for the
effective promotion and protection of human rights,
Recognizing also the importance of enhancing international support for
implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support
national plans to implement the Sustainable Development Goals,
Recognizing further the importance of the universal participation of all States
Members of the United Nations in the work of the Human Rights Council,
GE.17-05581(E)