A/HRC/42/34 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 August 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9−27 September 2019 Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Cooperation with Georgia Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 40/28, outlines the technical assistance provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights between June 2018 and May 2019 to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights in Georgia. It highlights the main human rights developments and outstanding challenges to be addressed. The report also provides an update on the situation of human rights in and around Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-14110(E) 