A/HRC/RES/21/21 make a concrete impact on the ground, while technical assistance -shall be provided upon the request of States concerned; 7. Also emphasizes that technical cooperation projects should be designed and implemented taking into account the principle that civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights are interdependent; 8. Affirms that technical cooperation should be an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including Government agencies and civil societies, at all stages; 9. Welcomes the panel discussion, held under agenda item 10 at the nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council, on the theme “Sharing of best practices and promoting technical cooperation: paving the way towards the second cycle of the universal periodic review”, the presentations given under agenda item 10 at the twentieth session of the Council by the High Commissioner and the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, as well as the constructive dialogue among Members and observers of the Council generated therefrom; Technical cooperation and the universal periodic review 10. Recognizes that technical cooperation, including the sharing of experiences, best practices, expertise and capacity-building, is a useful tool to promote the implementation of all international human rights obligations and accepted universal periodic review recommendations; 11. Affirms that the universal periodic review process as a channel to initiate constructive dialogue on human rights and explore avenues for technical cooperation with States under review and that the accepted universal periodic review recommendations, pledges and commitments could serve as a platform to develop and strengthen technical cooperation among States and between States and relevant United Nations agencies, as well as to develop partnerships among United Nations agencies, in order to support the implementation of international human rights obligations by States; 12. Encourages donor countries and relevant United Nations agencies to take technical assistance needs, as identified by States under review, for supporting States’ efforts to implement universal periodic review recommendations into consideration in the formulation of their bilateral technical cooperation programmes; 13. Welcomes the contributions made by States towards the process of follow-up and implementation of universal periodic review recommendations in States under review, and encourages all States to contribute to the follow-up to and implementation of such recommendations by States under review through, inter alia, the sharing of experiences, best practices and expertise and the offering of technical assistance, on the basis of requests and the consent of the States concerned; 14. Also welcomes the efforts made by the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United Nations agencies to promote and support the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations by States, including the strengthening by the Office of its capacity to provide such support, and calls for the Office and other relevant United Nations agencies to continue to provide timely and quality support for States’ requests in their efforts to implement accepted universal periodic review recommendations and the preparation of their national reports for the review, and encourages greater coordination in this regard; 3