A/HRC/RES/16/35 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 April 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 16/35 The human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and advisory services The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 7/20 of 27 March 2008 and S-8/1 of 1 December 2008, Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution 10/33 of 27 March 2009, in which the Council requested the international community to support the establishment of a local cooperation mechanism by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the human rights liaison entity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Taking into account Human Rights Council resolution 13/22 of 26 March 2010, in which the Council requested the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to develop a plan, with specific timelines, for the implementation of recommendations on human rights, particularly regarding the fight against impunity and the administration of justice, Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable instruments to which they are parties, * The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I. GE.11-12880