A/HRC/26/54 23. Table 1 shows the detailed financial situation of the Fund as at 31 December 2013 (statement of income and expenditure). In addition, disbursements totalling US$ 259,470 have been made for the period 1 January–14 March 2014. 24. Since the establishment of the Trust Fund for UPR Implementation in 2009, seven countries have made financial contributions: Australia, Colombia, Germany, Morocco, Norway, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Since the previous report (A/HRC/24/56), Kazakhstan has also made further financial contributions. Table 2 provides an overview of all contributions received for the reporting period, from the establishment of the Fund to 31 December 2013. No additional financial contributions have been received during the period January–March 2014. 25. As noted above, with the newly revitalized OHCHR strategic vision for UPR follow-up, it is expected that the rate of disbursement of moneys from the Trust Fund for UPR Implementation will be increased. It would therefore be advisable to expand the donor base of the Fund, so that all interested Member States, including developing countries, make contributions. OHCHR could thereby gradually ensure the universal application of the new strategic vision for follow-up to all Member States, in line with the universality principle of the universal periodic review mechanism. V. Conclusions 26. Efforts to follow up the UPR recommendations should be built around securing the political will and ability of States to bring about tangible results with a view to improving the human rights situation on the ground. The Voluntary Fund for financial and technical assistance for the implementation of the universal periodic review continues to serve as a valuable source of support for countries in the implementation of their UPR recommendations. 27. It is hoped that a revitalized OHCHR strategic vision for UPR follow-up that is more proactive, systematic and results-oriented, coupled with financial support from the Voluntary Fund, will support States in fulfilling their primary responsibility to implement the recommendations of UPR. It is also hoped that an integrated approach to follow-up the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms, including treaty bodies, special procedures and UPR, will be applied as broadly and systematically as possible. 28. Moreover, with a newly revitalized OHCHR strategic vision for UPR follow-up with financial support from the Voluntary Fund for UPR Implementation, OHCHR should be in a position to meet its responsibility to act as a “clearing house”, as proposed by the Human Rights Council. 29. The support to be provided by the Trust Fund for UPR Implementation will allow a growing body of good practices on UPR follow-up to be generated and documented. OHCHR is therefore paying priority attention to the need to document such good practices in a more systematic way and will make every effort to ensure that good practices both in effective project management methodologies and in followup to common global thematic human rights issues, including mainstreamed themes on gender and migrant workers, are documented and shared to enable other States to replicate them, tailoring them to their own specific needs. It will further provide an enhanced level of sustainability of support to States for UPR follow-up. 30. It should be re-emphasized that the primary responsibility for the implementation of UPR recommendations rests with States themselves and, as appropriate, with other relevant stakeholders. Hence, it is critical that the active 8