A/HRC/43/33 71. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics had developed a framework for enhanced monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal 16. The Commission was focusing on strengthening data to work with ministries, departments and agencies to ensure that Goal 16 was guaranteed and safeguarded. 72. Ms. Ferro asked the panellists to address how national mechanisms responsible for human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals could best communicate with one another and avoid duplicate reporting burdens and procedures. In response, Mr. Morara spoke about a one-stop national reporting mechanism in Kenya, which brought together the required information and generated more unified reporting. Mr. Morales Sáenz suggested that evidence-based public policies and robust plans would make it easier for Governments to report. Ms. Grambye proposed that making existing human rights data more accessible could help to alleviate the reporting burden, and that human rights reporting could be used for the Sustainable Development Goals: for example, reporting under International Labour Organization conventions could be used for reporting on Goals 8 and 16. In Ms. GonzálezRomán’s view, there could be no better way to monitor progress and help achieve the Goals than by using the existing mechanisms. 73. In response to a question from Ms. Ferro about synergies resulting from United Nations reform, Mr. Williams said that the reform of the United Nations development system and the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework meant that planning was being overhauled with a focus on reaching out to all parts of the United Nations system, including non-resident agencies. 74. In the interventions from the floor, 14 many delegations echoed earlier comments welcoming the second intersessional meeting, and reaffirming the indivisible and mutually reinforcing relationship between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, and the importance of leaving no one behind and of support for accelerating delivery of the Goals. 75. Many speakers described national policies and other measures to build on the synergies between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. Among the measures were institutional mechanisms including a national council for sustainable development chaired by the prime minister; a national coordination council for sustainable development chaired by the deputy prime minister; a cross-governmental national committee for information; a national human rights council with governmental and civil society membership; a dedicated council on the Sustainable Development Goals; a national Goals stakeholder forum; and a Goals champions programme. Other measures included a variety of initiatives such as online tracking systems for the implementation of human rights obligations and the Goals, many national development plans, and specialized publications. The importance of international cooperation was repeatedly mentioned. 76. The following specific themes were mentioned: the critical roles of civil society and the private sector; gender equality, empowerment and the rights of women and girls; nondiscrimination, good governance, the rule of law and the importance of Goal 16; budgetary alignment with Goals implementation plans; the contribution and protection of human rights defenders to the realization of the 2030 Agenda; the involvement of persons with disabilities; the importance of reducing economic and other inequalities; the urgency of combating climate change; the need for resources, financial inclusion and economic reforms to counter rising inequalities; the essential role of statistical offices and the value of data collection, disaggregation and analysis; the contribution of children and youth; voluntary city-level reviews; institutional support for a rights-based approach to implementation of the Goals; and the role of national human rights institutions. The key role of parliaments and parliamentarians in the protection of human rights and the 14 Bahrain, Croatia, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Israel, Ecuador, Uruguay, Georgia, India, Thailand, Brazil, Luxemburg, Nepal, Greece, Paraguay, Azerbaijan, Belgium, UNDP, UNFPA, InterParliamentary Union, International Service for Human Rights and Child Rights Connect made statements. Ireland, Plan International and United Nations Association of the United States of America made written submissions. Some of the statements are available at www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/SecondIntersessionalMeeting2030Agenda.aspx. 11