A/HRC/39/1 From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 38. Reference is made to the oral update by the High Commissioner on the follow-up to the implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the International Decade for People of African Descent (see para. 102 below). Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya 39. Reference is made to the oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Libya and the implementation of Council resolution 37/41 (see para. 107 below). Human rights, technical assistance and capacity-building in Yemen 40. Reference is made to the report of the High Commissioner on the human rights situation in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014, and on the implementation of technical assistance as stipulated in Council resolution 36/31 (A/HRC/39/43) (see para. 108 below). Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 41. Reference is made to the report of OHCHR on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in the context of the electoral process (A/HRC/39/42) (see para. 109 below). Cooperation with Georgia 42. Reference is made to the report of the High Commissioner on developments relating to and the implementation of Council resolution 37/40 on cooperation with Georgia (A/HRC/39/44) (see para. 110 below). Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights 43. Reference is made to the oral presentation by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Ukraine (see para. 111 below). 3. Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Economic, social and cultural rights Mental health and human rights 44. In its resolution 36/13, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner to organize a consultation lasting one and a half days, no later than during the seventy-first session of the World Health Assembly, to discuss all relevant issues and challenges pertaining to the fulfilment of a human rights perspective in mental health, the exchange of best practices and the implementation of technical guidance in that regard. In the same resolution, the Council requested the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the outcome of the consultation, to be presented to the Council at its thirty-ninth session, in which he would identify strategies to promote human rights in mental health and to eliminate discrimination, stigma, violence, coercion and abuse in that regard, including through education and the training of all stakeholder groups. The Council will consider the report of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/39/36) (see para. 18 above). Access to safe drinking water and sanitation 45. In its resolution 33/10, the Human Rights Council decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and requested the Special Rapporteur to continue to report to the Council on an annual basis. 6

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