A/HRC/19/50 Annex II Survey questionnaire on the contribution of the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the UPR Contribution of the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance to the Implementation of UPR Recommendations (HRC resolution 16/22 of 25 March 2011) The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was created through the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 by resolution 60/251, which established the Human Rights Council (HRC) itself. The UPR is a cooperative process which by 2011, will have reviewed the human rights records of all United Nations Members of States. As part of the second UPR cycle, all countries are scheduled to be reviewed again between 2012-2016, following the same order of review. With a view to provide a source of financial and technical assistance to help countries implement recommendations emanating from the UPR, in 2007, the HRC established a new financial mechanism called the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance (resolution 16/17). On 25 March 2011, the HRC adopted resolution 16/22 on the enhancement of international cooperation of the human rights and requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights “ to seek the views of the States and relevant stakeholders on the contribution of the Voluntary fund for Financial and Technical Assistance, in particular with regards to its sustainability and accessibility, to the implementation of recommendations accepted by States as part of their universal periodic review that require review financial support, and also requests the Office to provide the Council with a compilation of those views at its nineteenth session. This questionnaire has been prepared by OHCHR in response to the request of the HRC to seek the views of States and relevant Stakeholders on the contribution of the Fund to the implementation of UPR recommendations. A compilation of the responses received by 04 November 2011 will be submitted to the HRC in March 2012. Information on the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical assistance can be found in the following link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRVoluntaryFundFinancialAndTechnic alAssistance.aspx 9