A/HRC/35/18 United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks, the integrated strategic frameworks in peacekeeping missions and in national development plans, and that the information on review outcomes is widely disseminated. 14. A thorough analysis of the universal periodic review outcomes and those of other human rights mechanisms, such as the concluding observations of treaty bodies, the findings and recommendations of special procedures and the findings of commissions of inquiry mandated by the Human Rights Council, may also serve as a tool for conflict prevention, providing an indication of potential risk factors and necessary measures to be taken by the international community to adequately address them. 15. In addition, it should be highlighted that the universal periodic review outcomes may constitute an essential element to be considered in relation to implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Hence, follow-up support through technical assistance and cooperation to States should be aimed at fully integrating the universal periodic review outcomes into national frameworks and processes for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. III. Results achieved through the implementation of activities supported by the Voluntary Fund during 2016 16. The present section provides examples of the results achieved through a range of activities aimed at supporting States in implementing the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms in an integrated manner on the ground. Africa 17. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an integrated national action plan for the implementation of recommendations from all United Nations human rights protection mechanisms was drafted, with technical and financial support from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office. A four-day workshop, partly facilitated by an expert from the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa in Yaoundé, resulted in a draft action plan, which is awaiting finalization and approval by all stakeholders. The validation process was expected to be finalized during the first quarter of 2017. 18. In the Niger, OHCHR supported the Government in organizing two workshops to disseminate the outcomes of the universal periodic review, which involved representatives of the Government and State institutions, the media, civil society and the National Human Rights Commission. OHCHR also assisted the Government, led by the Minister of Justice, to prepare and adopt an action plan on follow-up to the review recommendations, contributing in particular to the development of the matrix and narrative of the action plan. In partnership with other United Nations entities, OHCHR contributed to the consolidation of the dialogue between civil society, the National Human Rights Commission and the Government on the recommendations. OHCHR also trained 20 members of an interministerial committee, including eight women, on the guidelines for the preparation of the initial report to be submitted under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Asia and the Pacific 19. In Afghanistan, technical assistance was provided to strengthen governmental capacity to prepare State party reports for submission to the treaty bodies and to coordinate the implementation of their recommendations. The human rights unit of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) contributed to discussions held on 13 to 15 November 2016 on national and shadow reporting with relevant government and nongovernmental actors in connection with reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Similarly, UNAMA/OHCHR started work on its own update report on torture for the Committee against Torture. UNAMA/OHCHR also worked with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination as it drafted its list of issues to urge Afghanistan to submit a report after over 30 years of non-reporting. A 4