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2.
Modalities
10. The role of the group of three rapporteurs (troika) shall be maintained as set
forth in the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and in the President’s statement
PRST/8/1. 5
11. Following the extension of the review cycle to four and a half years and within
existing resources and workload, the duration of the Working Group meeting for the
review will be extended from the present three hours and the modalities will be
agreed upon at the seventeenth session of the Council, including the list of speakers,
which shall be based on the modalities as appear in the Appendix.
12. The final outcome of the review will be adopted by the plenary of the Council.
The modalities for the organization of the one-hour consideration of the outcome
shall be in accordance with the President’s statement PRST/9/2. 6
13. The national human rights institution of the State under review, consistent with
the Paris Principles, shall be entitled to intervene immediately after the State under
review during the adoption of the outcome of the review by the Council plenary.
14. The Universal Periodic Review voluntary trust fund to facilitate the
participation of States, established by the Council in its resolution 6/17 of
28 September 2007, 7 should be strengthened and operationalized in order to
encourage a significant participation of developing countries, particularly least
developing countries and small island developing States, in their review.
D.
Outcome of the review
15. The recommendations contained in the outcome of the review should
preferably be clustered thematically with the full involvement and consent of the
State under review and the States that made the recommendations.
16. The State under review should clearly communicate to the Council, in a
written format, preferably prior to the Council plenary meeting, its positions on all
received recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 27 and
32 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1.
E.
Follow-up to the review
17. While the outcome of the review, as a cooperative mechanism, should be
implemented primarily by the State concerned, States are encouraged to conduct
broad consultations with all relevant stakeholders in this regard.
18. States are encouraged to provide the Council, on a voluntary basis, with a
midterm update on follow-up to accepted recommendations.
19. The voluntary fund for financial and technical assistance, established by the
Council in its resolution 6/17, should be strengthened and operationalized in order
to provide a source of financial and technical assistance to help countries, in
particular least developed countries and small island developing States, to
implement the recommendations emanating from their review. A board of trustees
should be established in accordance with the rules of the United Nations.
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Ibid., chap. III, sect. C.
Ibid., Supplement No. 53A (A/63/53/Add.1), chap. III.
7
Ibid., Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. I, sect. A.
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