A/HRC/38/27 Donor Contribution Biennium 2012–2013 Australia 387 580 Germany 475 664 Kazakhstan Norway 9 975 849 114 Biennium 2014–2015 Germany 242 843 Kazakhstan 53 890 Netherlands 30 000 Norway Oman 601 732 10 000 Biennium 2016–2017 France Germany Kazakhstan Norway Paraguay 21 231 111 982 10 000 252 191 3 000 Republic of Korea 25 000 Saudi Arabia 75 000 Spain 58 962 Total contributions 4 735 345 36. Table 1 shows the detailed financial situation of the Voluntary Fund as at 31 December 2017 (statement of income and expenditure). 37. Since the establishment of the Voluntary Fund in 2009, 15 States have made financial contributions: Australia, Colombia, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Table 2 provides an overview of all contributions received from the establishment of the Voluntary Fund to 31 December 2017. 38. It is expected that, given that the revitalized OHCHR strategic vision for follow-up support focuses on providing support to States in implementing key thematic priority recommendations in a holistic and integrated manner, the demand from States for financial support from the Voluntary Fund will continue and indeed increase. Hence, it is critical to extend the donor base of the Fund and to obtain additional funding in order to make a more sustained impact in providing technical assistance and support to States for more effective implementation of recommendations made by international human rights mechanisms at the State level. In this regard, the increase in both the amount of contributions and the number of donors during the 2016–2017 biennium is significant. V. Conclusions 39. The primary responsibility for implementing the recommendations made by international human rights mechanisms rests with the State. Hence, securing the political will of States and enhancing their capacity to implement recommendations is vital to meeting the key objective of the universal periodic review, namely, improvement of the human rights situation on the ground. 40. As stated by the Secretary-General in his latest report on the work of the Organization (A/72/1), the United Nations will provide better support to Member 9