A/HRC/RES/18/17 2. Also welcomes the commitments made by the Government of South Sudan to strengthen national mechanisms of promotion and protection of human rights, and calls on the Government to implement those commitments; 3. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to strengthen ongoing cooperation with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on issues pertaining to the promotion and protection of human rights, and calls upon all parties to make every effort to prevent violence; 4. Encourages the international community to provide the Government of South Sudan with technical and financial assistance and to support its efforts to promote and protect human rights; 5. Invites the Office of the United High Commissioner for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan, to identify and assess areas of assistance and, upon its request, to assist the Government in its efforts to promote and protect human rights; 6. Calls upon States Members of the United Nations, in the framework of international cooperation, relevant United Nations agencies and international financial institutions, to provide the Government of South Sudan, upon its request, with appropriate technical assistance and capacity-building to promote respect for human rights; 7. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first session. 36th meeting 29 September 2011 [Adopted without a vote.] 2