A/72/53/Add.1 15. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United Nations agencies to provide the Independent Expert with all the human, technical and financial assistance necessary to carry out fully his mandate; 16. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. 42nd meeting 29 September 2017 [Adopted without a vote.] 36/28. Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, particularly with regard to achieving international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, Reaffirming the obligation of States under the Charter to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recalling all relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Recognizing that the enhancement of international cooperation is essential for the effective promotion and protection of human rights, which should be based on the principles of cooperation and genuine dialogue and aimed at strengthening the capacity of States to prevent human rights violations and to comply with their human rights obligations for the benefit of all human beings, Recognizing also the importance of enhancing international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015 on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Recalling also that the 2030 Agenda is guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter, including full respect for international law, and is grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights treaties, that it is informed by other instruments, such as the Declaration on the Right to Development, and that it is to be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the rights and obligations of States under international law, Recognizing that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda must be consistent with a State’s obligations under international human rights law, Bearing in mind the mandate of the Human Rights Council, as stated by the General Assembly in its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, to promote advisory services, technical assistance and capacity-building, to be provided in consultation with and with the consent of the States concerned, and the provisions of Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007 and 16/21 of 25 March 2011 that aim to enable the Council to fulfil such a mandate, Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council on the enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights, Noting the important role that technical cooperation and capacity-building can play in building States’ capacities to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in a way that is consistent with their respective obligations under international human rights law, Recognizing the positive role of capacity-building in the field of human rights in supporting States in their implementation of the 2030 Agenda, 76 GE.17-18194

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