A/HRC/25/22 the co-facilitators; and draft elements for a draft resolution on the intergovernmental process to be adopted by the General Assembly, which makes recommendations to the treaty bodies, the United Nations and its Member States. Several “informal-informals” and bilateral discussions were convened in June and July 2013 to discuss the elements for the draft resolution. Both documents are annexed to the co-facilitators’ report on the intergovernmental process (A/67/995) of 16 September 2013. 17. In their report, the co-facilitators indicated that more time was required to finalize the outcome. They noted that, in particular, fixed estimates of the budgetary implications of the elements suggested in the context of the intergovernmental process were required to provide a comprehensive overview of the impact of the suggestions made. The cofacilitators deemed that, once this information was provided, the intergovernmental process could be concluded through a final phase of concentrated negotiations among Member States. 18. The co-facilitators therefore recommended that: (a) A report of the Secretary-General be requested on the practical and financial implications of measures proposed in the context of the intergovernmental process, to be submitted by 15 November 2013; (b) The intergovernmental process be extended until February 2014; (c) The final phase of negotiations be convened in early February 2014. 19. On 20 September 2013, the General Assembly, in resolution 68/2, extended the intergovernmental process until the first half of February 2014, with a view to finalizing the process, and agreed to continue the consideration of the elements for the substantive resolution. The General Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to provide, by 15 November 2013, a comprehensive and detailed cost assessment to provide background context to support the intergovernmental process. 20. On 6 November 2013, the President of the General Assembly appointed Greta Gunnarsdottir, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, and Mohamed Khaled Khiari, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process. 21. On 15 November 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on behalf of the Secretary-General, submitted the background paper containing the cost assessment (A/68/606) to the President of the General Assembly. Chapter II of that paper gives an overview of the composition and functions of the treaty body system and sets out the current costs of the treaty bodies, as supported by the United Nations Office at Geneva, OHCHR and the United Nations Information Service at Geneva (UNIS). Chapters III and IV of the cost-assessment paper examine the potential cost implications of the proposals contained in the co-facilitators’ draft resolution if they were to be adopted by Member States. These include, on the one hand, measures which would require additional resources, namely extra meeting time, more staff support, webcasting, videoconferencing and capacity-building programmes to increase States parties’ compliance with their reporting obligations; and on the other hand, measures which would generate significant savings, such as the introduction of page limits for State party reports and the annual reports of the treaty bodies; reduction in the number of languages for issuing documentation and summary records and adjustments to the travel entitlement of treaty body members. The cofacilitators’ draft resolution proposes that any savings be reinvested in the treaty bodies. 22. Negotiations are expected to resume in January 2014. OHCHR has provided support to the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process and will continue to assist the process in any way required. 6