A/HRC/35/20 and regional networks of national human rights institutions to undertake capacity assessments of established national human rights institutions as the basis for capacitybuilding programmes and activities. OHCHR has also worked with regional networks of national human rights institutions, with regional organizations and with civil society in the development of publications and tools to enhance the capacity of national human rights institutions. 30. Support by OHCHR for national human rights institutions has evolved and expanded significantly over the last ten years. An increasing number of national human rights institutions are benefiting from OHCHR technical support. In 2015, national human rights institutions from 71 countries received technical assistance from OHCHR on the establishment or strengthening of the institution (some examples are given below). In addition, OHCHR has long provided secretarial support to the international coalition of national human rights institutions. In 2016, that coalition changed its name to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Annual general meetings of the Global Alliance, and meetings of its Bureau and its Subcommittee on Accreditation, as well as the its international conferences, are held with support by OHCHR in its capacity as the Global Alliance’s secretariat. 31. The most important assistance provided by OHCHR to national human rights institutions takes place at the national and local level, where many country offices, human rights advisers, human rights components of peacekeeping missions or regional OHCHR presences work hand in hand with national human rights institutions, on all continents. In Iraq, for example, the human rights office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and UNDP have carried out capacity-building activities for the national human rights institution’s commissioners and staff, including the elaboration of a plan of action on capacity development for 2014 and 2015. 32. In Somalia, the Government adopted legislation for the creation of a commission for human rights, in June 2013. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia human rights component had presented parliamentarians with an assessment of the draft bill’s compliance with the Paris Principles and recommended that broader consultations take place with the regions and civil society. 33. The human rights section of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone has consistently provided financial and technical support since the establishment of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone, and in 2013 focused on strengthening the Commission’s monitoring capacity. B. Supporting national development goals and human rights commitments through technical cooperation 34. As the Board of Trustees has argued, effective technical cooperation should reflect national development objectives in order to create true ownership and thereby sustainability of the activities. Therefore, the OHCHR Technical Cooperation Programme prioritizes support for initiatives that ensure the inclusion of human rights in national and local development planning and implementation. Such support ensures that the technical cooperation programmes are demand-driven and reflect national priorities and commitments, including those made in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Furthermore, the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 31/5, has welcomed OHCHR technical cooperation efforts aimed at realizing economic, social and cultural rights. 35. In several countries, OHCHR has contributed to the inclusion of human rights in national and local development plans. In Mexico, the point of departure for this work was a number of human rights assessments (diagnósticos), both at the national level and at the state level, carried out by the Government with technical support from OHCHR. In 2006, OHCHR Mexico launched a methodology to develop human rights assessments and 7