A/HRC/40/34 unique framework for the coherence of domestic policies and measures. It also allowed for a clearer understanding of the focus and gaps of the human rights mechanisms. 51. Ms. Grambye noted that, with regard to the key element “consensus”, the 2030 Agenda reflected global political consensus. The broad acceptance by States of universal periodic review recommendations constituted a strong consensual basis for action on human rights and on the Sustainable Development Goals. 52. Ms. López opened her presentation12 by noting that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay considered the Sustainable Development Goals as closely linked to its work on human rights. She gave a detailed presentation of the Recommendations Monitoring System (SIMORE), the online database for following up on the recommendations of the human rights and sustainable development mechanisms. She stressed that SIMORE was more than a computer tool to assist with compliance with recommendations. It was also a human system, bringing together civil servants and providing access to civil society. SIMORE, launched in 2014, had facilitated the development of the national human rights plans of Paraguay. 53. Ms. López explained that all state institutions must have focal points to address human rights. This contributed to public policy taking account of recommendations received from the universal periodic review and other United Nations mechanisms. More than 40 institutions and 80 focal points in the central government and countrywide were linked to SIMORE, which allowed government officials to reflect human rights recommendations in their work, which in turn allowed for better and more timely human rights reporting. In Paraguay, non-governmental organizations engaged in human rights had access to SIMORE, which enabled them to monitor the implementation of recommendations. In 2017, SIMORE had been expanded to cover follow-up on treaty body recommendations and the Sustainable Development Goals, thereby making more visible the connection between human rights recommendations and the Goals. 54. Ms. López stated that Paraguay had helped to establish SIMORE for Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras and Uruguay; and the establishment of SIMORE for Argentina was pending. Paraguay had received requests for SIMORE from Costa Rica, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and other countries, as well as from the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights for use in the Commission’s country and thematic reports and other areas. 55. Ms. Patarachoke noted that in Thailand, the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights were looked at holistically, as they were both about the well-being of people. The focus on addressing gaps between the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights should be at the country level. In the first year of the Sustainable Development Goals, Thailand nationalized the Goals in the country strategy for the next 20 years in the national economic and social development plan. Then Thailand localized them when the Cabinet designated the governor of each province to be a Sustainable Development Goal focal point responsible for receiving input from civil society, the private sector and academia. 56. Ms. Patarachoke stated that her responsibilities for the Sustainable Development Goal voluntary national reviews and for reporting to the treaty bodies placed her in a good position to link the reports. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand was also the focal point for the participation of that country in the universal periodic review. Since 2017, Thailand had prepared an annual Sustainable Development Goal voluntary national review primarily for its domestic value. An open-ended working group on multi-stakeholder engagement allowed political space for civil society to provide input to Sustainable Development Goal implementation. This reflected a bottom-up approach to the Goals. 57. Ms. Patarachoke noted that, in November 2017, the Government of Thailand had declared human rights to be a national agenda linked to sustainable development. The Government had established a national committee on advancing human rights and sustainable development, which was chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and had two subcommittees. Ms. Patarachoke stated that she chaired the subcommittee devoted to reporting obligations, which provided a platform to link reports of the treaty bodies and the universal periodic 12 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SDGS/Pages/HRCIntersessionalMeeting.aspx. 9