A/HRC/RES/42/32 including recommendations accepted in the context of the universal periodic review, and strongly encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and respective United Nations agencies to respond favourably to such requests and to provide information on the technical support provided to States; 9. Stresses the importance of enhancing coordination between the Office of the High Commissioner and other United Nations agencies in their technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts, and encourages the sharing of information on a regular basis among the Office, other relevant United Nations agencies and the States concerned on technical assistance and capacity-building efforts undertaken at the national level; 10. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to enhance its cooperation, within its mandate, with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the provision of relevant technical assistance to countries and to identify the needs and capacities of countries in order to increase country-to-country and South-South cooperation relating to the treatment of prisoners, including women prisoners, and non-custodial measures for women offenders; 11. Encourages the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, in their interaction with States, to share information and their knowledge relating to best practices and the possibility of technical assistance and capacity-building in the promotion and protection of human rights, including, where applicable and within their respective mandates, those pertaining to the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders; 12. Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/18 at its forty-first session on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacitybuilding in the field of the human rights of older persons”, at which participants discussed relevant issues, including national and regional efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against older persons and to promote and protect their rights, the initiatives organized by the World Health Organization for the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030 and the Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities, the potential impact of new technologies on the human rights of older persons and the importance of promoting the empowerment and meaningful participation of older persons; 13. Decides, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 18/18 of 29 September 2011, that the theme of the annual thematic panel discussion under agenda item 10, to be held during its forty-fourth session, will be “Upholding the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders: enhancing technical cooperation and capacity-building in the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules”; 14. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session, to serve as a basis for the panel discussion, on the activities and plans of the Office and relevant United Nations country teams and agencies, in particular the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders, in particular in the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules; 15. Calls upon States, international human rights bodies and mechanisms, relevant international organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society to share best practices and make use of the ideas and issues raised in the panel discussion to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and policy coherence of technical cooperation and capacity-building efforts and build multi-stakeholder partnerships in the promotion and protection of the human rights, including the rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders. 42nd meeting 27 September 2019 [Adopted without a vote.] 4