A/HRC/22/17 finances are increasingly strained. OHCHR requires solid political and financial support if any meaningful engagement is to be possible. 91. More than ever, the imperative of putting people and their rights first is paramount. This is the raison d’être of the United Nations, and must be reflected both in the decisions of its intergovernmental bodies and throughout the work of the Organization. It must be at the very heart of the Organization’s peace, security, development and humanitarian agendas. I encourage the Human Rights Council to continue to play its role to ensure that it does. 19