A/HRC/9/28 page 28 7. Welcomes the launch of the universal periodic review of the Council, which shall complement and not duplicate the work of the treaty bodies, and the potential of this mechanism to contribute to the ratification and to promote the implementation of the human rights treaties, including follow-up to the recommendations of the treaty bodies; 8. Urges States to: (a) Consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the international human rights instruments and to consider accepting the individual communications procedures under applicable instruments if they have not already done so, and to effectively implement their obligations under instruments to which they are party; (b) Make every effort to meet their reporting obligations under United Nations human rights instruments, in particular by submitting initial and overdue reports; (c) Submit common-core documents, if they have not already done so, and take into consideration reporting guidelines for the common-core document and treaty-specific documents when preparing their reports; (d) Provide effective follow-up to the concluding observations of the treaty bodies on their reports; (e) Disseminate effectively in their territories the full text of the concluding observations of the treaty bodies on their reports; (f) Consider carefully the views of the treaty bodies on individual communications relating to them and to provide adequate follow-up to such views; (g) Encourage the involvement of civil society, including non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders including national human rights institutions, in the process of preparation of reports and in follow-up; (h) Avail themselves, where necessary, of technical assistance for the purpose of submitting their core documents or initial reports under United Nations human rights instruments; (i) When nominating their candidates to treaty bodies, consider the principle of non-accumulation of United Nations human rights mandates at a time; 9. Expresses its appreciation for the technical cooperation and training activities undertaken and reiterates that a priority of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights should be to provide assistance to States parties, upon their request and, if possible, in coordination with other United Nations bodies, Governments and other interested parties, in order to assist States: (a) In the process of ratifying United Nations human rights instruments; (b) With the implementation of their obligations under such instruments, including the preparation of their core documents and initial reports;