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including bilateral human rights dialogues and North-South, South-South and triangular
cooperation, such as, inter alia, the pilot capacity-building support forum co-hosted by
Norway and Singapore in February 2020,
1.
Emphasizes that the general debate under agenda item 10 is an essential
platform for Members and observers of the Human Rights Council to share their visions and
views with regard to promoting more effective technical cooperation and capacity-building
in the field of human rights, and to share concrete experiences, challenges and information
on assistance needed in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary
pledges and commitments, and of accepted universal periodic review recommendations, and
their achievements and good practices in this area;
2.
Reiterates that technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of
human rights continue to be based on consultations with and with the consent of the States
concerned, and should take into account their requests, needs and priorities, and the fact that
all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and aim to make
a concrete impact on the ground;
3.
Underscores the need to strengthen international, regional and bilateral
cooperation and dialogue in the promotion and protection of human rights, including those
relating to ensuring the right to education;
4.
Stresses the need to enhance technical cooperation and capacity-building to
support the efforts of States to promote and protect human rights, including the right to
education, in the context of their response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic;
5.
Reaffirms that technical cooperation should remain an inclusive exercise that
engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national
human rights institutions and civil society;
6.
Also reaffirms the ongoing need for enhanced voluntary contributions to the
relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building in the
field of human rights, and encourages States to continue to make contributions to these funds;
7.
Calls upon States to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
including Sustainable Development Goal 4, in accordance with human rights law and
standards, in order to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and to promote lifelong
learning opportunities for all;
8.
Encourages States in need of assistance to consider requesting technical
assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other United Nations
agencies in the implementation of their human rights obligations and voluntary pledges and
commitments relating to the right to education, including recommendations accepted in the
context of the universal periodic review, and strongly encourages the Office of the High
Commissioner and respective United Nations agencies to respond favourably to such requests
and to provide information, in a transparent manner, on the technical support available for
and provided to States;
9.
Stresses the importance of enhancing coordination between the Office of the
High Commissioner and other United Nations agencies in their technical cooperation and
capacity-building efforts, and encourages the sharing of information on a regular basis among
the Office, other relevant United Nations agencies and the States concerned on technical
assistance and capacity-building efforts undertaken at the national level;
10.
Encourages the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, in their
interaction with States, to share information and knowledge relating to best practices and the
possibility of extending technical assistance and capacity-building in the promotion and
protection of human rights, including, where applicable and within their respective mandates,
those pertaining to the right to education, Sustainable Development Goal 4 and educationrelated Goals, as well as approaches showing how education can contribute to the
achievement of other Goals;
11.
Welcomes the panel discussion held by the Human Rights Council at its fortyfourth session, pursuant to its resolution 42/32, on the theme “Upholding the human rights of
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