A/HRC/25/22 accountability available. They considered it essential that the treaty bodies should continue to review States parties in the absence of a report, and some further expressed the view that capacity-building assistance should only be made available to States parties that committed to promptly complying with their reporting obligations. 43. The chairpersons welcomed the valuable contribution of civil society organizations to the work of the treaty bodies, whether through submissions, inputs, hearings or briefings. They called on civil society to continue to actively participate in State party reviews as well as in the implementation of recommendations emanating from the treaty bodies. 44. As part of the programme of work of the meeting, the chairpersons considered the follow-up to the recommendations of their twenty-fourth meeting, held in Addis Ababa in 2012, and reviewed developments, including the implementation by treaty bodies of recommendations included in the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on strengthening the treaty body system. They also discussed the post-2015 development agenda and adopted a joint statement.4 45. The chairpersons noted that the harmonization of their working methods has always been an ongoing process, and would continue in the future. Each chairperson reported on developments within her or his respective committee, both in relation to the harmonization of working methods and to progress in implementing the recommendations contained in the High Commissioner’s report. New developments included, but were not limited to, the use of modern technologies, including webcasting and close captioning (Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities); adopting a simplified reporting procedure (Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families); reducing the length of concluding observations (Committee on the Rights of the Child, Committee against Torture); reporting calendars adapted to individual committees (Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Committee on Enforced Disappearance); reorganization of working methods due to the entry into force of new protocols (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and requests for additional meeting time to meet growing demand. 46. On the issue of resources, the chairpersons pointed out that committees were already taking measures to reduce costs, such as issuing summary records in English only (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) or the adoption of paperless procedures (Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). 47. The chairpersons also discussed how their respective committees conducted the interactive dialogue and the time devoted to each State party and to individual communications. The discussion revealed different practices in terms of the length of time for the consideration of a report, rapporteurs versus country task forces, or the clustering of provisions in the treaty. 48. The chairpersons expressed the need for a shared, broad, common proposal that provided for a predictable, clear and transparent State party reporting system, and agreed that the periodicity of a reporting calendar should not exceed five years. They further reiterated that any structured reporting and review calendar should meet the following criteria: (a) Eliminate unequal treatment of States parties by operating on the basis of universal compliance with reporting obligations; (b) Be regular and predictable, leading to efficient utilization of resources, and facilitate advance planning for all parties concerned; 4 10 A/68/334, annex.