A/HRC/35/18 focus on assisting States to fulfil their commitments to implement priority thematic human rights recommendations accepted during their universal periodic review and those from other international human rights mechanisms. 47. OHCHR will continue to strive to share with States and other United Nations partners several tools that are available to help integrate and mainstream the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms into their respective programmes, such as the United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks and national development action plans. 48. It is worth noting that OHCHR, with the advice of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, constantly reviews and updates its strategic vision for follow-up support in order to provide more effective support to States in an effort to facilitate results on the ground in terms of the promotion and protection of human rights. While OHCHR continues to take a holistic and integrated approach to its follow-up support, it seeks, through the use of money from the Voluntary Fund, to: (a) provide capacity-building to States for them to prepare meaningful national reports on implementation, through the provision of training across the spectrum of the government actors concerned; and (b) enable States to meet their commitments by focusing on supporting them to implement key thematic priority recommendations. In that regard, it is important to integrate recommendations from international human rights mechanisms into the national planning processes; to utilize international human rights recommendations for early warning and conflict prevention by integrating them into the Human Rights Up Front initiative; and to ensure that the recommendations become a crucial element in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by integrating them into the relevant national implementation frameworks and action plans. 49. It is also important to encourage and secure the active participation of other stakeholders in the follow-up process, as that is key to achieving a sustained impact. Hence, various stakeholders should be able to benefit, either directly or indirectly, from the Voluntary Fund by becoming involved in the technical cooperation and assistance programme for the States that are beneficiaries of the Fund. 50. In order to provide technical support and assistance for follow-up more effectively, it is imperative that more contributions be made to the Voluntary Fund. With additional resources, the Fund will be able to support OHCHR to ensure the sustainability of support to States in implementing the recommendations of the international human rights mechanisms. 11

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