A/HRC/RES/19/26 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 April 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 19/26 Terms of reference for the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council The Human Rights Council, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 of 25 March 2011 and the outcome of the review of the work and functioning of the Council annexed thereto, and in particular paragraph 62 thereof, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 65/281 of 17 June 2011 on the review of the Human Rights Council, 1. Decides to establish the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council; 2. Also decides that the Trust Fund will support activities designed to enhance the institutional and human capacity of least developed countries and small island developing States, to enable their delegations to participate more fully in the work of the Human Rights Council, upon their request, and to encourage their effective and informed participation in consultative and decision-making processes, including negotiation sessions; 3. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make arrangements for the operationalization of the Trust Fund; 4. Decides that the Trust Fund will be used to support the participation of least developed countries and small island developing States in the work of the Human Rights Council, by providing funding for: (a) Training and capacity-building, including e-learning: in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner and the United Nations Institute for Training and * GE.12- 13062 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.