A/HRC/32/51 Nations entities on the ground; and (d) the need for technical cooperation programmes to ensure the broadest possible participation of all elements of national societies. 28. The Board continues to elaborate on the main elements of the above-mentioned components, as it considers that this could be beneficial for supporting the Office in the implementation and development of the technical cooperation aspects of its programme for 2014‒2017 and subsequent ones. In the present report, the Board elaborates on its view that effective technical cooperation should reflect national development objectives, ensure the highest levels of ownership and sustainability and respond to genuine interest, international commitments and efforts for human rights promotion and protection. 29. The Board is of the view that, on the one hand, for technical cooperation in the field of human rights to have effective and sustainable results, it has to be closely aligned with national development objectives and, on the other, sustainable socioeconomic development hinges on the human rights-based approach. The human rights-based approach is both a perspective and a process that can lead more directly to increased enjoyment of human rights and socioeconomic development. Development processes — traditionally, technical and economically oriented — are becoming increasingly focused on the enjoyment of rights. Such an approach is based on the conviction that human rights and development are closely interrelated and mutually reinforcing. 30. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Developments Goals1 makes it even more important and feasible for OHCHR technical cooperation programmes to support national development objectives. States individually and collectively have committed to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Developments Goals. That requires the Agenda and the Goals to be incorporated into State development objectives, strategies and plans. The Agenda and the Goals are, in turn, closely related to human rights. The Agenda is grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights treaties.2 Every Goal has a basis in international human rights law. OHCHR has a central role to play in promoting the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Developments Goals through human rights. Its technical cooperation programmes should contribute substantially to that effort and seek to do so especially in association with national development objectives, strategies and plans. 31. The importance of the human rights dimensions of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals cannot be underestimated. The Board is pleased to note the efforts of OHCHR to undertake a thorough review of its thematic strategies and their relevance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The technical support from OHCHR for legislative and policy development and reform and capacity-building for rights holders and civil society, for instance, are areas where the Board has been able to observe the critical impact that the Office’s advocacy, convening role and technical expertise can make to support real and tangible change on the ground. The Board encourages States to continue to use and request the Office’s support and guidance while transforming their national development objectives. 32. Aligning technical cooperation on human rights with national development objectives should entail support for States to ensure that policies and institutions to promote development base themselves on the obligations that emanate from international human rights standards. Human rights instruments provide a coherent framework for practical action to carry out national development objectives, such as the reduction of poverty. For economic and social development processes to be sustainable and effective, they have to be 1 2 General Assembly resolution 70/1. Ibid., para. 10. 9