A/HRC/RES/45/22 Peoples, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, and their continuing efforts in support of the 2030 Agenda, and encouraging further efforts in this regard, Emphasizing the importance of human rights in shaping the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, for both the public health emergency and the broader impact on people’s lives and livelihoods, Recognizing the important role of national human rights institutions in highlighting the human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including offering guidance to States in ensuring a human rights-compliant response to the pandemic, examining and monitoring the situation, raising public awareness, including the provision of accurate and timely information, working to protect groups in vulnerable situations and cooperating with civil society, rights-holders and other stakeholders, and encouraging States to cooperate with their national human rights institution and to ensure that they can effectively discharge their mandate and functions, including by ensuring the allocation of adequate resources, Welcoming the role of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and its regional networks in supporting national human rights institutions to fulfil their mandate with respect to COVID-19 and the support provided by the Office of the High Commissioner and the United Nations Development Programme, and taking note of the aide-memoire on national human rights institutions, human rights and COVID-19, issued by the High Commissioner to national human rights institutions on 21 April 2020, and of technical assistance and capacity-building and facilitation of the exchange of good practices, Reaffirming that, as the 2030 Agenda recognizes, eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, combating inequality within and among countries, preserving the planet, creating sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and fostering social inclusion are linked to each other and interdependent, Stressing that the effective participation of all individuals in national, political, cultural, religious, economic and social processes in their societies is crucial to their full and equal enjoyment of all human rights, Bearing in mind that the promotion and upholding of tolerance, respect, pluralism and diversity are essential for the promotion and protection of human rights in multicultural contexts and, in particular, for combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Acknowledging that the promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, and recognizing that the 2030 Agenda pledges to leave no one behind and envisages a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination, Recognizing the importance of the independent voice of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting all human rights, including, in accordance with their mandates, economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, particularly in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, which seeks to realize the human rights of all, Welcoming the Mérida Declaration on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, noting that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda is a priority under the current Strategic Plan of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, and acknowledging the efforts that national human rights institutions are making to connect their work, in accordance with their respective mandates, to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Taking note of the Belgrade principles on the relationship between national human rights institutions and parliaments,3 3 A/HRC/20/9, annex. 3