A/HRC/28/41 including the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, who officially addressed the Commission. IV. Twenty-first annual meeting of special procedures 34. The twenty-first annual meeting focused on issues relating to the special procedures system. Mandate holders exchanged views with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Special Advisers of the SecretaryGeneral on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Climate Change and the President of the Human Rights Council, and representatives of United Nations entities, States, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions and civil society organizations. 35. During the meeting, the participants (see annex VIII) elected by acclamation the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, as Chairperson of the Coordination Committee for the 2014-2015 cycle. The Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France, was elected Rapporteur of the annual meeting and member of the Coordination Committee. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum, and the Chairperson of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Michael Addo, were endorsed as members of the Committee. The former Chairperson of the Coordination Committee and Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, will remain an ex officio member for the coming year. A. Methods of work 36. During the meeting, mandate holders discussed their methods of work and areas for improvement, including through enhanced coordination, strategic partnerships and the use of information technologies. 1. Country visits and strategies 37. Mandate holders welcomed the increasing number of Member States issuing standing invitations to special procedures. They noted, however, that in practice, they still faced difficulties in visiting the countries to which they had been invited. It was suggested that the attention of the President of the Council be drawn to instances where States deny access to requests for visits so that appropriate action could be considered. Mandate holders also regretted the practice of some States that deny access to certain mandate holders while inviting others to visit. 38. Participants also discussed specific issues affecting country-specific mandate holders, particularly when denied access to the State under consideration. They reiterated the need to be able to monitor and follow up the human rights situation as requested by the Council as its “eyes and ears”. The recommendation was also made that the Council use its influence to assist country-specific mandates to carry out their functions adequately. 39. Participants identified the need to improve coordination among mandate holders and to keep each other informed when planning visits to avoid numerous visits to a single country. It was also recommended that country-specific and thematic mandate holders be more closely coordinated when the latter intend to visit a State which is already the subject of a special procedures mandate. 9