A/HRC/20/34 Contents I. II. Paragraphs Page Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–5 3 A. Background .................................................................................................... 1–2 3 B. Mandate .......................................................................................................... 3–5 3 Activities of the Board of Trustees .......................................................................... 6–13 4 A. Thirty-fourth session ....................................................................................... 6–9 4 B. Thirty-fifth session.......................................................................................... 10–13 4 III. Objectives, activities and results of the Voluntary Fund ......................................... 14–17 5 IV. Technical cooperation: current trends, challenges and synergies with other United Nations agencies, the work of the Human Rights Council and international treaty bodies and the special procedures ............................................ 18–31 6 A. Synergies with the Human Rights Council, the treaty bodies and special procedures ....................................................................................................... 18–24 6 B. Synergies within the United Nations, including in the area of development assistance ................................................................................... 25–27 6 C. Challenges: a focus on measuring results ....................................................... 28–30 7 D. Reference manual on technical cooperation ................................................... 31 7 Status of funding and donors ................................................................................... 32–33 8 I. Voluntary Fund cost plan and expenditures: 2010 ........................................................................... 9 II. Voluntary Fund cost plan and expenditures: 2011 ........................................................................... 10 III. Financial status of the Voluntary Fund ............................................................................................ 11 IV. List of donors and contributors ........................................................................................................ 12 V. Annexes 2