A/HRC/41/44/Add.2 Goals, assisted by a secretariat. The Netherlands was one of the first countries to conduct a baseline survey of national efforts to achieve the Goals. The Independent Expert was informed that data were currently available for 37 per cent of the indicators, 8 while Statistics Netherlands and other bodies were still compiling data to measure progress on the other indicators. 62. The implementation of the Goals by the Netherlands focuses on its own territory and its footprint (the negative effects of consumption there on human beings and on the environment elsewhere), on the one hand, and on international solidarity on the other. In addition to the Dutch Government, many parties also contribute actively to the implementation of the Goals: local governments, businesses and the financial sector, civil society, knowledge institutes and the National Youth Council. 63. These groups also contributed to the first national report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, presented to the House of Representatives on 24 May 2017. This first report on the implementation of the Goals also formed the basis of the Dutch presentation at the High-level Political Forum on 19 July 2017. During the presentation, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation gave details of the Dutch situation and approach to the Goals. A number of areas of concern were mentioned, such as greenhouse gas emissions, the gender pay gap and the alignment between education and the labour market. 64. In addition to the 2030 Agenda, the Dutch Government vowed to contribute actively to support and promote the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. The Independent Expert is pleased with the commitment from the Government of the Netherlands to support and implement these agreements aimed at improving global living conditions and advancing human rights-based international solidarity. B. National Action Plan on Human Rights 65. The Independent Expert was pleased to hear about ongoing work towards the preparation and adoption of a new National Action Plan on Human Rights through several open and transparent consultations with relevant stakeholders. He hopes that this process will lead to a comprehensive and inclusive National Action Plan which will include combating inequality and discrimination as part of the human rights-based solidarity of members of Dutch society at large with each other. 66. He was informed that the National Action Plan on Human Rights of 2013, which is still in force, sets out the ways in which the Government fulfils its responsibility to protect and promote human rights in the Netherlands; the specific objectives and priorities in this regard; and the role of other bodies and individuals in ensuring respect for human rights in the Netherlands. The aim is to place the protection and promotion of human rights in the Netherlands on a more systematic footing. 67. With the first National Action Plan on Human Rights, the Government sought to respond more specifically to recommendations urging the Netherlands to develop such a plan, including by the Human Rights Committee, the universal periodic review and regional bodies, including the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. 68. That National Action Plan described the wide-ranging responsibilities of the State, and in particular those of the Government, for upholding and promoting respect for human rights within its borders. It also featured the different human rights mechanisms available in the Netherlands and the measures that had been initiated to improve the protection of human rights in the Netherlands, and was designed to provide a platform for dialogue and monitoring among all stakeholders. 8 12 The Sustainable Development Goals: The Situation for the Netherlands, Statistics Netherlands, The Hague, 2018.