A/HRC/RES/21/5 Recognizing the importance that guidance, initiatives and practices relevant to the area of business and human rights, at the international, regional and national levels, are guided by the Guiding Principles, Recognizing also the importance of building the capacity of all actors to better manage challenges in the area of business and human rights, and that the United Nations system has an important role to play in advancing the business and human rights agenda, particularly the Guiding Principles, including by supporting capacity-building efforts directed at Governments, business enterprises, civil society and other stakeholders, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the contribution of the United Nations system as a whole to the advancement of the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;1 2. Underscores the need to adopt a coordinated strategic approach to ensure the integration of the business and human rights agenda, particularly the Guiding Principles, into all relevant aspects of the work of the United Nations system, and recognizes the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, her Office and existing system-wide policy and coordination mechanisms, in that effort; 3. Encourages all stakeholders to take into account in their submissions in connection with the universal periodic review the implementation of the State duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business enterprises, set out in the Guiding Principles; 4. Recognizes the particular role and mandate of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and encourages all special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to take into account the Guiding Principles as appropriate in their analyses of specific situations or thematic areas; 5. Also recognizes that States parties’ obligations relating to business and human rights may be relevant for United Nations treaty bodies, in consistency with their mandates; 6. Encourages United Nations resident coordinators and country teams to take a lead, where possible, in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner, to ensure the integration of the Guiding Principles into planning, advocacy and capacity-building and development efforts at the national level, based on consultation with the relevant State; 7. Encourages all relevant entities of the United Nations system: (a) To develop guidance and training relating to the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles for Governments, business enterprises and civil society, as applicable, in the context of their respective mandates, in close collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner and the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises; (b) To strengthen efforts relating to the development and promotion of more specific and coherent guidance, advocacy, capacity-building and engagement with relevant stakeholders, and to further integrate the business and human rights agenda into their activities consistent with their respective mandates; this should include capacity-building directed at Government agencies, business enterprises, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations, trade unions, human rights defenders active in the context 1 2 A/HRC/21/21.