A/HRC/40/78 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 31 January 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 2019 Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Report of the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights*,** Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 18/18, in which the Council invited the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights to present a comprehensive report on the Board’s work on an annual basis, starting from the twentieth session of the Council. Pursuant to Council resolution 33/28, the present report is submitted to the Council at its fortieth session, in March 2019. It provides an update on the work of the Board of Trustees of the Fund since the previous report of the Chair of the Board (A/HRC/37/79). * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. ** The annexes to the present report are circulated as received. GE.19-01520(E) 