A/72/53/Add.1 which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ensure as wide a geographical distribution of staff as possible in all departments, offices and levels, including the Director level and higher levels, of the Secretariat; 9. Underlines the priority importance with which the General Assembly should continue to provide support and guidance to the High Commissioner in the ongoing process of improving the geographical balance in the composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner; 10. Stresses that extrabudgetary resources, in particular when they are related to the establishment of new posts, shall be used in a manner consistent with the mandates, programmes and activities of the Organization, including the principle of equitable geographical distribution of the staff, and in compliance with the existing budgetary rules and regulations; 11. Requests the High Commissioner to continue to improve his interaction with Member States, including within the framework of President’s statements PRST/15/2 of 1 October 2010, PRST/18/2 of 30 September 2011 and PRST/19/1 of 22 March 2012, and giving particular attention to the composition of the staff; 12. Also requests the High Commissioner to submit a report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session on the geographical composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner and the actions taken within the current staff selection system to achieve an equitable geographical representation of the Office, as requested by the Council in the present and past resolutions; 13. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 39th meeting 28 September 2017 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 31 to 15, with 1 abstention. The voting was as follows: In favour: Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Against: Albania,* Belgium, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Abstaining: Togo] 36/2. Mission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve the human rights situation and accountability in Burundi The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007, * The delegation of Albania subsequently informed the Human Rights Council secretariat that it had intended to abstain. GE.17-18194 5