A/HRC/38/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 June 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-eighth session 18 June–6 July 2018 Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Supporting effective and inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through effective, coherent and coordinated technical cooperation and capacity-building Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 36/28, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to prepare a report on how United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms and United Nations country teams and agencies can, through effective, coherent and coordinated technical assistance and capacity-building in the promotion and protection of human rights, support States in the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report contains information on worldwide practices and experiences. It is based on research undertaken by OHCHR on national and regional experiences in technical cooperation and information received from States and from United Nations agencies and programmes. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent information. GE.18-08837(E) 