A/HRC/RES/17/21 6. Welcomes the work undertaken by the commission of inquiry in carrying out its mandate; 7. Invites the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to collaborate with the international community in improving the human rights situation and to make efforts to implement the recommendations of the commission of inquiry; 8. Decides to transmit the reports of the commission of inquiry and of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the General Assembly; 9. Also decides to recommend that the General Assembly transmit the reports of the commission of inquiry to all relevant bodies of the United Nations; 10. Further decides to establish the mandate of independent expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire for a period of one year, who will be responsible for assisting the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and relevant actors in the follow-up to the implementation of the recommendations of the commission of inquiry and of the resolutions of the Human Rights Council, including the recommendations addressed to the international community, especially the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant United Nations agencies; 11. Requests the independent expert to engage with the Ivorian authorities and the human rights sections of the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, and to submit a report to the Human Rights Council for consideration at its nineteenth session; 12. Requests the High Commissioner to provide the independent expert with all the assistance necessary to discharge the mandate fully; 13. Calls on the High Commissioner to provide technical assistance for the establishment and functioning of the dialogue, truth and reconciliation commission of Côte d’Ivoire, and to work with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and other actors, as necessary, to identify additional areas of assistance to enable Côte d’Ivoire to fulfil its human rights obligations; 14. Calls upon States Members of the United Nations, in the framework of international cooperation, relevant United Nations agencies and international financial institutions to provide Côte d’Ivoire, upon its request, with appropriate technical assistance and capacity-building in order to: (a) Promote respect for human rights, combat impunity and reform security and justice sectors, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; (b) Support the Government’s efforts relating to national reconstruction and reconciliation, and transitional justice mechanisms in particular; (c) Support the national human rights commission to ensure its independence, in line with the Paris principles, with a view to protecting and promoting the fundamental rights of Ivorians; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire with support, in particular with the relevant material and human resources for its human rights section to enhance its operational capacity; 16. Requests the High Commissioner to present an updated report on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire to the Human Rights Council for consideration at its eighteenth session; 17. Decides to remain seized of the matter under agenda item 10. 3