A/HRC/32/51 programmes in Cambodia, Mauritania, Mexico, Tunisia and most recently in Ukraine, the Board has had the opportunity to observe how the United Nations system-wide commitment to human rights, as grounded in the Charter of the United Nations, is reflected in the programmes on the ground supporting national development processes. 39. The Board has had many opportunities in recent years through its field sessions to observe and discuss in situ with relevant partners, including United Nations agencies and programmes and national and international partners, the impact and tangible results that human rights mainstreaming efforts across the United Nations work on the ground have yielded. The developments achieved to date equip the United Nations on the ground to respond more effectively to the exciting challenges ahead as the world transits from the Millennium Development Goals to the new Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 40. Discussions held with resident coordinators in many countries revealed that, while there had undoubtedly been important results in the full application of the human rightsbased approach as a programming principle for the United Nations, there was still an undeniable need for guidance on its implementation. The recent Guidance Note on Human Rights for Resident Coordinators and United Nations Country Teams, issued by OHCHR in collaboration with the United Nations Development Group Human Rights Working Group and the United Nations Development Coordination Office, certainly represents an important technical tool to support them in this direction. The Board also found particularly important the materials and guidance on concrete actions based on good practices that resident coordinators and the United Nations country teams could undertake to meet the human rights responsibilities and assist national efforts. C. Measuring results of technical cooperation, and the response of the Office of the High Commissioner 41. At its most recent sessions in Geneva, in 2014 and 2016, the Board was briefed on OHCHR progress assessments of programmes in the field, including programmes that are being covered by the Fund. The Board welcomed the information received on the progress of such evaluations, and was pleased to learn that the visits of the Board to the field presences and the outcomes and reports of the visits were proving useful in the preparation of the framework for these evaluations. This has been the case, for example, in Mexico. For technical cooperation to be effective, monitoring and evaluation and the assessment of the results achieved are critical. For this reason, the Board welcomes the efforts of OHCHR in the area of evaluations and encourages it to continue to take advantage of the Board’s views when useful for strengthening the technical cooperation components of its programmes. 42. The Board continues to regard the OHCHR performance monitoring system as particularly useful. The Board has observed how the system and the information gathered is of great value, not only for planning, monitoring and reporting, but also for enabling databased analysis that can inform management decisions and optimize the allocation of financial and human resources. The Board has observed in its field visits how the system is fully used by all planning entities; in the sessions held in Geneva, it has also been impressed by how all planning entities are interlinked, thus ensuring greater coherence and mutual contributions towards jointly defined results. 43. The Board welcomes the Office’s continuous efforts to ensure the full functioning and use of the system. The Board has already drawn attention to the need to ensure that the financial module is fully functional, and has discussed with relevant OHCHR staff the importance of interfacing the system promptly with the implementation of UMOJA. The Board encourages the United Nations Secretariat to support OHCHR in ensuring that the 12