A/HRC/35/17 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 26 April 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session 6-23 June 2017 Agenda items 2 and 6 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Universal periodic review Operations of the Voluntary Trust Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review* Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 16/22 and decision 17/119, in which the Council requested the secretariat to provide an annual written update on the operations of the Voluntary Trust Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review and on the resources available to it. As indicated in the previous update report (A/HRC/32/27), in an effort to consolidate information related to the universal periodic review, and on the basis of Council decision 17/119, the secretariat aligned the timing of submission of the reports on the activities supported through the two universal periodic review trust funds, namely, the Voluntary Trust Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review and the Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance in the Implementation of the Universal Periodic Review. Consequently, as from 2015, both annual reports are submitted to the Council at its June session. The present report provides an overview of contributions and expenditures, together with a description of activities funded since the previous report until 31 December 2016. II. Financial situation of the Fund 2. Table 1 shows the detailed financial situation of the Fund as at 31 December 2016 (statement of income and expenditure). * The present document was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. GE.17-06694(E) 