A/HRC/RES/39/18 Welcoming the work, and taking note with appreciation of the reports, 1 of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, whose mandate includes, inter alia, conducting, facilitating and supporting the provision of advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and international cooperation in support of national efforts for the effective realization of the rights of older persons, and acknowledging the work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, 1. Emphasizes that the general debate under agenda item 10 is an essential platform for Members and observers of the Human Rights Council to share their visions and views to promote more effective technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and to share concrete experiences, challenges and information on assistance needed in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary pledges and commitments, and of accepted universal periodic review recommendations, and their achievements and good practices in this area; 2. Reiterates that technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights continue to be based on consultations with and the consent of the States concerned, and should take into account their needs, and the fact that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and aim to make a concrete impact on the ground; 3. Underscores the need to strengthen international, regional and bilateral cooperation and dialogue in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the human rights of older persons; 4. Reaffirms that technical cooperation should remain an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society; 5. Also reaffirms the ongoing need for enhanced voluntary contributions to the relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights, and encourages States to continue to make contributions to these funds, especially those who have not yet done so; 6. Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to its resolution 36/28 of 29 September 2017 at its thirty-eighth session on the theme “Human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals: enhancing human rights technical cooperation and capacity-building to contribute to the effective and inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, at which participants discussed the mutually reinforcing linkages between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, the role of the human rights treaty bodies in consolidating this two-way interaction, the need to maximize impact on the ground and ensure policy coherence at the national level, the need for capacity-building in the area of national statistical systems, and the importance of multistakeholder partnerships among Governments, United Nations country teams and agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society; 7. Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, that the theme of the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10, to be held during its forty-first session, will be “Technical cooperation and capacitybuilding in the field of the human rights of older persons”; 8. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session to serve as a basis for the panel discussion, on the activities undertaken by the Office and relevant United Nations country teams and agencies, and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of older persons and their autonomy and independence, and address implementation gaps in national legislation, policies and programmes, including where applicable those relating to the Sustainable Development Goals, income security, the promotion of active and healthy ageing, the use of assistive technology, access to information and lifelong learning, combating all forms of 1 A/HRC/39/50 and Adds.1–2. 3