A/72/53/Add.1 5. Reaffirms that technical cooperation should remain an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society; 6. Also reaffirms the ongoing need for enhanced voluntary contributions to the relevant United Nations funds to support technical assistance and capacity-building, particularly the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, the Voluntary Trust Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review, the Voluntary Trust Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Universal Periodic Review and the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council, and encourages States to continue to make contributions to these funds, especially those who have not yet done so; 7. Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make his next annual oral presentation, under agenda item 10, on the overview of and successes, best practices and challenges in technical assistance and capacity-building efforts, particularly those provided by the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant United Nations agencies, to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session, and subsequently on an annual basis at the March session of the Council, and encourages the High Commissioner to highlight the contribution of human rights technical cooperation and capacity-building to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals; 8. Invites the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights to present the next comprehensive report on the Board’s work to the Human Rights Council at its thirtyseventh session, and subsequently on an annual basis at the March session of the Council, and encourages the chairs of the boards of trustees of other funds administered by the Office of the High Commissioner to support activities in the area of technical assistance and capacity-building to make a presentation at the same session; 9. Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/28 under agenda item 10 at the thirty-fifth session of the Council on the theme “A decade of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council: challenges and the way forward”, at which participants stressed the need to reinvigorate the debates and actions under agenda item 10 and to make them more responsive to the needs of States, in accordance with its original intent and the principles of the Council, underlines the role that technical cooperation and capacity-building can play in preventing human rights violations and in enhancing the credibility and effectiveness of the Council, while underscoring also the importance of further strengthening policy coherence across the United Nations system in the delivery of technical assistance pertaining to human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to maximizing its impact on the ground; 10. Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, that the theme for the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10 to be held during its thirty-eighth session will be “Human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals: enhancing human rights technical cooperation and capacity-building to contribute to the effective and inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”; 11. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on how United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council, the universal periodic review, the special procedures and the treaty bodies, and United Nations country teams and agencies can, through effective, coherent and coordinated technical assistance and capacity-building in the promotion and protection of human rights support States in the realization of the 2030 Agenda, including, inter alia, by highlighting practical steps and concrete examples that seek to promote policy synergy and coherence, use of technology and innovation, and the strengthening of the capacity of national statistical offices and data systems related to human rights where applicable, as well as ways to enhance national implementation, reporting and follow-up, taking into account the different constraints and needs of States, and to submit the report to the Council at its thirtyeighth session to serve as a basis for the thematic panel discussion; 12. Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to consult with States, the United Nations development system, relevant United Nations bodies, agencies and country 78 GE.17-18194