A/HRC/RES/42/30 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 October 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 10 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 27 September 2019 42/30. Promoting international cooperation to support national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 48/141 of 20 December 1993, 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011 and Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 16/21 of 25 March 2011, 30/25 of 2 October 2015 and 36/29 of 29 September 2017, Reaffirming its commitment to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna on 25 June 1993, Recalling that the promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, Recognizing that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations, including the effective promotion and protection of all human rights, Affirming that technical cooperation, provided in consultation with and with the consent of the State concerned, including cooperation for the purpose of strengthening the follow-up to and effective implementation of their international human rights obligations and commitments, should promote an inclusive exercise that engages and involves all national stakeholders, including government agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society, at all stages, Recognizing the need to continue cooperation, based on the diverse experiences and good practices from South-South cooperation, triangular cooperation and North-South cooperation, and to further explore complementarities and synergies between them with the aim of enhancing international cooperation in the field of human rights, in particular the strengthening of national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, Recognizing also the important, valuable and mutually reinforcing role and contribution of all human rights mechanisms of international and regional human rights systems for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, GE.19-17281(E) 