A/HRC/30/49 their Government; this would improve the quality of the follow-up to the accepted recommendations. UPR recommendations and concluding observations of the United Nations treaty bodies should be disseminated by the central government to the local authorities. A reference should also be made to the Harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties, including guidelines on a common core document and treaty-specific targeted documents, in which the reporting States are encouraged to ensure the “participation of governmental departments at the central, regional and local levels and, where appropriate, at the federal and provincial levels” (HRI/MC/2005/3, para. 50 (a)). 78. There is also a need to develop guiding principles for local government and human rights, taking into account various standards related to the role of local government and the city in implementing internationally recognized human rights. Such guiding principles, once adopted, will be a useful instrument to clarify the role of various actors and institutions, and to develop concrete strategies in implementing the recommendations of the present report and other recommendations from special procedures of the Human Rights Council, its UPR mechanism and United Nations treaty bodies. 19