A/HRC/40/34 review. Thailand planned to assign the Sustainable Development Goal voluntary national review to this platform, and it also aimed to link its universal periodic review report with the Sustainable Development Goals in 2021, when it would undergo the universal periodic review. 58. Each of the panellists was asked whether coordination among those responsible for the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights was sufficient at the country level and whether States making recommendations under the universal periodic review that were accepted used development assistance sufficiently to support follow-up for their accepted recommendations. 59. Mr. Bambara responded that in Burkina Faso, there was dialogue between the mechanisms for coordination and follow-up on recommendations from the human rights mechanisms, as well as with the office responsible for the Sustainable Development Goals. Coordination mechanisms and procedures were being further developed. Burkina Faso benefited from the support of different partners and countries, including countries that had formulated universal periodic review recommendations for Burkina Faso. 60. Ms. Grambye observed that there appeared to be widespread coordination and willingness to coordinate at the national level. The challenge was to develop the right mechanisms. She emphasized the importance of sharing good practices to facilitate learning about coordination, including by making data easily available. She also mentioned that some unusual partnerships had developed at the country level, such as national human rights institutions working directly with national statistical offices. ODA was probably not used sufficiently for universal periodic review recommendations, but it was not the fix for either human rights or the Sustainable Development Goals. Other types of financing streams needed to be found. 61. Ms. López observed that SIMORE had shown that it was possible to determine which Sustainable Development Goals corresponded to which human rights recommendations. The universal periodic review had resulted in recommendations that had facilitated a national human rights plan. Resource needs required discussion throughout her country’s region. The discussion would have to be grounded in human rights and make the case for more mechanisms, more funds and bigger budgets. 62. Ms. Patarachoke affirmed that better use could be made of the recommendations from the universal periodic review and treaty bodies in prioritizing actions under the Sustainable Development Goals. She noted that, in addition to the accepted universal periodic review recommendations, the recommendations that were not accepted were also important. While recognizing the importance of resources, she highlighted that knowledge was more important than money and that South-South cooperation was also very important. 63. In the interventions from the floor, 13 additional speakers affirmed the synergies between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. There were further examples offered of national and international practice involving human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, and some speakers reiterated the importance of cooperation among stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels. 64. The efforts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote complementarity between the 2030 Agenda and the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 were highlighted. Other themes raised included greater harmonization of the reporting requirements for human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, support of the national human rights institutions for the realization of the Goals, the gap between the requirements of internationally recognized rights of indigenous peoples and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and the importance of youth engagement at the national level to connect human rights and the Goals. 13 10 Chile, Ecuador, Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, United Nations Association of the United States of America, Thailand on behalf of ASEAN, Romania, Israel, Philippines, Sikh Human Rights Group, Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education, Poland, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Czechia, Singapore and Sweden. Some of the statements are available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SDGS/Pages/HRCIntersessionalMeeting.aspx.