A/HRC/10/24 page 6 III. ACTIVITIES OF THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE 8. The outgoing Chairperson briefed participants on the activities of the Committee under her chairpersonship. She outlined a number of challenges that the new Committee had addressed since the previous annual meeting and that the special procedures were facing. These included the institution-building process under Council resolution 5/1, the implementation of the code of conduct adopted by the Council in its resolution 5/2, the revision of the manual of special procedures, the development by the Committee of an internal advisory procedure and the facilitation of an increasing number of joint activities. 9. The first thread of activities of the Committee related to interaction with the Council and other stakeholders with regard to the review of special procedures mandates by the Council. The aim was to ensure that the review of mandates would result in a more effective and strengthened system of special procedures. The second thread of activities related to the selection and appointment procedures mandate-holders; the Committee had submitted a letter to the President of the Council reflecting its views regarding the technical requirements for eligible candidates for mandate-holders. In that regard, at the sixth and seventh sessions of the Council, the Chairperson of the Committee held meetings with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the President of the Council, members of the consultative group, the coordinators of regional groups and representatives of non-governmental organizations. Through these meetings, the Committee had focused on the independence of the special procedures while articulating its views and trying to help develop confidence in the system of special procedures as a whole. 10. It was noted that the President’s statement adopted by the Council on 18 June 2008 on the terms of office of mandate-holders referred to compliance of mandate-holders with the code of conduct. It also acknowledged the Committee as a body representing the special procedures. Participants stressed that the new procedure would need to be applied transparently, fairly and non-selectively, consistent with the independence and the integrity of the special procedures as a whole, and that these same purposes were served by the internal advisory procedure set up under the auspices of the Committee. 11. The third thread of activities concerned the finalization of the special procedures manual. A draft was prepared by a task force and the Committee taking into account the comments submitted by stakeholders as well as the code of conduct adopted by the Council. It was sent to all mandate-holders for their comments. A final draft was prepared incorporating all comments received for discussion at the fifteenth annual meeting with a view to its adoption by all mandate-holders. 12. The Committee held some meetings in Geneva and telephone conferences about every six weeks. Mandate-holders had been consulted by e-mail, telephone and other means on various occasions, with a view to facilitating cooperation and a common response to issues that arose during the year.