A/HRC/32/51 advice, the Board has been able to better understand the value added by the Office’s programmes on the ground, including how these relate to the requirements and expectations from a wide range of partners. 6. At the beginning of 2015 and in view of the challenging financial situation of OHCHR, the Board decided, as a temporary measure, to hold only one session in 2015 rather than the usual two, as a symbolic contribution to reducing the existing funding gap. The Board has decided to resume its two regular sessions in 2016. For this reason the present report covers the forty-second session of the Board in its capacity relating to the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, which was held in February 2016. The second session for 2016 will be held later in the year in the field. II. Activities and results of the Voluntary Fund and the Board of Trustees 7. The Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights held its forty-second session in Geneva from 18 to 19 February 2016 and in Kyiv from 22 to 26 February 2016. The session was chaired by Lin Lim, who had been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees at its forty-first session. Three members of the Board attended the session in person and two participated using new communications technology. The Board took the opportunity to welcome formally a new member, Ilze Brands Kehris. A. Forty-second session (Geneva) 8. The main objectives of the session held in Geneva were to take stock of the financial and administrative situation of the Office and of the Fund, in particular in the context of the implementation of the new financial and administrative management system of the United Nations Secretariat (UMOJA); to be briefed on work planned by the field presences scheduled to receive support from the Fund in 2016; to analyse the expected results of these presences under each of the thematic strategies, and to receive an update on the implementation of the Organizational Management Plan for 2014‒2017; to share views and engage closely with the relevant sections of the Research and Right to Development Division on the practical development and use in the field of the thematic and policy guidance relevant to technical cooperation; to acquire a better understanding of the work of OHCHR in the area of migration and economic, social and cultural rights; and to find ways to continue to encourage the development of sound technical cooperation opportunities on the ground in these critical areas. The Board also took the opportunity to discuss with the relevant services possible ways for the Board to better support the Office’s fundraising efforts, and to be briefed for its visit to Ukraine. 9. In opening the session, the Deputy High Commissioner referred to the financial situation of OHCHR and the savings made by the measures implemented throughout 2015, which had included a substantial reduction in a number of programmes. The Board expressed its support for the ongoing efforts by OHCHR management to reduce the funding gap further. The Board remained deeply concerned, however, about the impact of these reductions on the capacities of the Office to respond adequately to the urgent needs on the ground, and therefore urged States to increase both the proportion of the United Nations regular budget allocated to OHCHR and their own voluntary contributions to OHCHR and its trust funds. 10. The Board appreciated the high quality of the analysis, information and specific reports on the use of the Fund presented by the secretariat, despite the challenges that OHCHR faced in implementing the new administrative and financial system (UMOJA), in 4