A/HRC/38/40 IV. Activities of the Independent Expert A. Reporting 16. Since his appointment by the Human Rights Council in June 2017, the Independent Expert has participated in several activities falling within the scope of his mandate. 17. On 17 October 2017, the Independent Expert addressed the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, for the first time in his official capacity as mandate holder. After acknowledging and giving an overview of the extensive work undertaken by his predecessors, he presented the report prepared by his immediate predecessor, Ms. Dandan, which analyses the applicability of the principles contained in the draft declaration to the accomplishment of Sustainable Development Goal 17. He called on Member States to incorporate the vision contained in the draft declaration in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in order to create a true global partnership and genuinely sustainable development. He also informed the General Assembly that he would continue the work undertaken by his predecessors on promoting the importance of international solidarity for achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the fulfilment of human rights. B. Participation in conferences and consultations 18. From 4 to 6 December 2017, the Independent Expert attended the stocktaking conference on the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, which was held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Independent Expert intervened twice during the conference, once in a breakout session or “action group” on the community dimension of migration, and once during a plenary session on follow-up and implementation. His comments were well received, particularly his comments in the plenary, which emphasized incorporating human rights data into an accountability mechanism for the global compact. C. Other activities 19. Since the beginning of his tenure, the Independent Expert has participated in joint communications written to Governments. The communications have concerned a wide range of subjects falling within his mandate, including the intersection of migration and international solidarity. The Independent Expert has also issued joint press releases and media statements with other mandate holders, treaty bodies and regional mechanisms. The statements and press releases have concerned international solidarity as it relates to issues such as climate change and environmental rights, the right to development, and migration. V. Goals and objectives 20. Building on the work of previous mandate holders and in line with the abovementioned resolutions 2005/55 (of 2005), 7/5 (of 2008), 17/6 (of 2011), 26/6 (of 2014) and 35/3 (of 2017), the main goals and objectives sought to be achieved by the current mandate holder include the following: (a) Building greater consensus on the theme of the mandate among States and other stakeholders, including by showing how greater enjoyment of human rights-based international solidarity would most likely benefit all States and all peoples in every region of the world; (b) More effort to demonstrate the deep interconnections between human rightsbased international solidarity and many key international relations issues, and showing even more robustly how the enjoyment of such solidarity is central to the effective management of many such issues of great global concern; 6