A/HRC/44/19 recommendations arising from the universal periodic review and the reception of dedicated support for that task. Continued donations to the Voluntary Fund and a widening of the donor base are both crucial to further solidify the long-term sustainability of universal periodic review-related technical cooperation, both during the third but also well into future review cycles, especially taking into account the increase in projects foreseen for 2020. V. Final considerations 60. The Secretary-General, in his report on strengthening United Nations action in the field of human rights (A/72/351), stated that the increased focus on the follow-up to and implementation of recommendations made by human rights mechanisms provided the United Nations system with an opportunity to further engage with Member States. International cooperation, including through human rights mechanisms and their recommendations, gave an important basis for States to achieve greater results in both the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights protection at the country level. Technical assistance in the field of human rights should be based on such recommendations and be delivered in closer cooperation and partnership with Member States, regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, nongovernmental organizations and the wider United Nations system. 61. The recommendations of human rights mechanisms, in particular universal periodic review recommendations that are accepted by the State, are one of the best entry points for United Nations system-wide engagement at the national level. The operationalization of the 2030 Agenda, linking it to universal periodic review recommendations, allows the United Nations to assist States in achieving concrete results both in terms of human rights progress and development targets. 62. The conclusions above were also highlighted by participants at the high-level panel on human rights mainstreaming, held on 26 February 2018 during the thirty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, and by the Deputy Secretary-General, In her dialogue with the Human Rights Council on 7 March 2019. The Deputy Secretary-General underlined that countries could show progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by utilizing human rights reporting processes, such as the universal periodic review, and that those review processes could in turn complement the voluntary national reviews conducted at the high-level political forum for sustainable development. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her report to the Human Rights Council on the implementation and enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (A/HRC/41/25), noted that the United Nations system at the country level was well placed to support implementation efforts by Member States through the use of the accepted recommendations from universal periodic reviews. 63. In his most recent human rights report, “The highest aspiration: a call to action for human rights 2020”, presented at the opening of the forty-third session of the Human Rights Council in March 2020, the Secretary-General highlighted the importance of the universal periodic review recommendations to advance the 2030 Agenda. The SecretaryGeneral encouraged the full use of the human rights mechanisms, including the universal periodic review, to contribute to the implementation of the Goals. He also asked for better use of the universal periodic review outcomes in national development planning and in follow-up and reporting, including on the Sustainable Development Goals and in the preparation of the voluntary national reviews. Additionally, in his report, the SecretaryGeneral requested the United Nations to make fuller use of its human rights tools and entry points, including the universal periodic review, as a basis for meeting the challenges, opportunities and needs of the twenty-first century and for implementation of the 2030 Agenda. 64. As previously mentioned, the letters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the foreign ministers of countries after they countries undergo a third cycle review flag areas that need particular attention over the four-and-a-half years until the State’s next review, and offer support from OHCHR or the United Nations system under the leadership of the respective United Nations Resident Coordinator. These letters, jointly with the matrices of clustered recommendations linked to specific Sustainable Development Goals with relevant targets and indicators, as well as the production of infographic pages, 14