A/HRC/38/27 States to implement more effectively recommendations emanating from the universal periodic review and other international human rights mechanisms at the country level. 7. During the session, the Board of Trustees acknowledged the results achieved by its follow-up support strategy focusing on national follow-up mechanisms and processes at the country level. The Board strongly encouraged OHCHR to explore ways of providing more focused technical assistance and cooperation aimed at assisting States in implementing specific key human rights recommendations and in addressing specific issues, together with continuing support to States to establish and/or strengthen national mechanisms for reporting and follow-up. B. Strategic vision 8. As noted in previous reports (A/HRC/26/54, A/HRC/29/22, A/HRC/32/28 and A/HRC/35/18), OHCHR has been developing the capacity to provide increased support to States in their efforts to implement the outcome of the universal periodic review and other international human rights mechanisms. That effort has been anchored in a holistic and integrated approach that allows OHCHR to provide technical assistance and support, taking into account not only the recommendations of the universal periodic review but also those of the treaty bodies and the special procedures. Such an integrated approach gives States a significant opportunity to address the key human rights issues identified in recommendations made by international human rights mechanisms. 9. The third cycle of the universal periodic review has given OHCHR the opportunity to strengthen its engagement with all States in the follow-up to and implementation of recommendations made by international human rights mechanisms (in particular those emanating from the review) through cooperative efforts and the sharing of best practices among States and other stakeholders. The implementation of recommendations made during the review will strengthen national human rights protection systems, strengthen societal resilience and create an environment conducive to addressing the root causes of human rights violations, and therefore, have a preventive effect. 10. OHCHR has been making every effort to make its follow-up support more proactive, systematic and results-oriented. To that end, it has been engaging States in their efforts to implement the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms by providing support directly through its field presences or by ensuring the integration of support in United Nations country team programming on follow-up. 11. In the light of this proactive approach, OHCHR has encouraged States to implement the recommendations made by international human rights mechanisms more effectively, in particular those accepted by States in the context of the universal periodic review. To that end, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has systematically addressed letters to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the States reviewed, starting from the third cycle. In his letters, the High Commissioner identifies key thematic areas requiring the special attention of the Governments concerned over the next four and a half years, until the next review cycle. He also highlights the importance of establishing and/or strengthening a national mechanism for comprehensive follow-up and reporting with regard to international and regional human rights mechanisms and the State’s treaty obligations. 12. The follow-up support given to States has been gathering momentum, in particular in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. In his latest annual report on the work of the Organization (A/72/1), the Secretary-General pointed out that the universal periodic review process was entering a new cycle, and that efforts would be made to strengthen the relevance, precision and impact of the recommendations made by the Human Rights Council, including by providing better support to Member States in implementation, stronger collaboration with United Nations country teams and the establishment of national mechanisms for human rights reporting and follow-up to link the universal periodic review to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. 13. On 26 February 2018, at its thirty-seventh session, the Human Rights Council held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, on the promotion 3