A/HRC/RES/30/25 Recognizing further that the promotion and protection of human rights should be based on the principles of cooperation and genuine dialogue in all relevant forums, including in the context of the universal periodic review, and be aimed at strengthening the capacity of States to implement their respective human rights obligations and commitments, Emphasizing the importance of the universal periodic review as a mechanism based on cooperation and constructive dialogue with the objective of, inter alia, improving the situation of human rights on the ground and promoting the fulfilment of the human rights obligations and commitments undertaken by States, Noting that the effectiveness of the universal periodic review, as a cooperative mechanism, depends on the progress achieved by the State concerned, and as appropriate by other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of accepted recommendations, Recognizing the important and constructive role played by parliaments, national human rights institutions, civil society and other relevant stakeholders in the universal periodic review mechanism, and encouraging their continued and unhindered participation in and contribution to national human rights follow-up systems and processes, Welcoming the technical assistance and capacity-building provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in consultation with, and with the consent of, the State concerned, particularly with a view to supporting the establishment and the strengthening of national human rights follow-up systems and processes, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 6/17 of 28 September 2008, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to establish a universal periodic review voluntary trust fund to facilitate the participation of developing countries, particularly least developing countries, in the universal periodic review mechanism, and to establish the voluntary fund for financial and technical assistance, to be administered jointly with the universal periodic review voluntary trust fund, in order to provide, in conjunction with multilateral funding mechanisms, a source of financial and technical assistance to help countries to implement recommendations emanating from the universal periodic review in consultation with, and with the consent of, the country concerned, Also recalling that 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council and the last session of the second cycle of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, 1. Encourages States to establish and strengthen national human rights followup systems and processes and to seek, as needed, technical assistance and capacitybuilding, and to share experiences and good practices to that end; 2. Invites States to gradually increase their voluntary contributions to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Universal Periodic Review and other relevant trust funds, in order to allow States, upon request and in accordance with their priorities, to establish or strengthen their respective national human rights follow-up systems and processes; 3. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide technical assistance and capacity-building, upon request of and in accordance with the priorities set by the States concerned, on the establishment and the strengthening of national follow-up systems and processes; 4. Also requests the High Commissioner to organize an intersessional half-day panel discussion, taking advantage of existing capacities, during the twenty-sixth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, to share experiences and good 2