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breakthrough in this respect is the technical cooperation for the development of
partnerships with national statistics offices, which is being replicated in a number of
countries.
57.
The United Nations system is putting in place a comprehensive framework to
support Member States in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Solid experience has
been gained with technical cooperation and capacity-building aimed at mainstreaming
human rights into development planning. This is now evolving to respond to the objectives
of the 2030 Agenda and the challenges involved in realizing them, including via a new
generation of United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks that knit together
Sustainable Development Goals and human rights recommendations in order to ensure
coherent technical assistance. The efforts to have better access to the recommendations
generated by the international human rights mechanisms, namely by treaty bodies, special
procedures and the universal periodic review, in a holistic manner, and clearly identifying
their specific relevance to the efforts for achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals, have been acknowledged by numerous States as important and useful, including for
the strengthening of policy coherence and to follow up on and review both human rights
obligations and development goals.
58.
Addressing root causes, inequalities and discrimination will contribute to removing
structural obstacles to the full realization of the Sustainable Development Goals and to
building peaceful, inclusive and more equitable societies that leave no one behind.
Therefore, the United Nations system is also supporting States in addressing discrimination
against women and marginalized groups within their societies, through technical
cooperation aimed at eliminating discriminatory laws and practices and by designing
inclusive programmes and action plans. Recommendations of human rights mechanisms,
guidance materials developed under the aegis of the Human Rights Council, guiding
principles and technical guidance, and tools such as model laws and protocols, can assist in
these efforts, and in making progress both at cross-cutting levels and on specific Goals, as
noted in the examples in the present report.
59.
The efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals certainly open new and
innovative avenues for the further realization of human rights in practical terms, and vice
versa. As shown in the present report, successful human rights technical cooperation
programmes can provide blueprints that can be replicated in other countries, including by
involving Member States in technical cooperation and the sharing of good practice, such as
the ongoing cooperation projects of Paraguay to support the establishment of online
databases based on SIMORE Plus. Furthermore, the use of new technologies, such as the
hackathon described above, opens new avenues to give voice to people to propose solutions
to the problems they face in their communities, to promote the participation of people in
achieving sustainable development in the context in which they live, and to generate a real
commitment to the 2030 Agenda.
60.
Technical cooperation and capacity-building will be a critical vehicle in supporting
and contributing to the effective and inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and of
national development objectives, and in ensuring that these are fully aligned with human
rights standards and obligations as requested by Member States in this transformative
vision for development.
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