A/HRC/9/20 page 13 43. The Special Rapporteur will also participate in conferences, seminars and workshops to create awareness about the mandate. As far as possible, the Special Rapporteur shall encourage dialogue with a wide group of relevant stakeholders in order to develop sustainable policy and practical solutions to end contemporary forms of slavery. 44. In order to ensure consistency and coherence in the work of OHCHR on contemporary forms of slavery, the Special Rapporteur will work closely with the Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. B. Joint initiatives with other existing human rights mandate-holders, mechanisms, treaty bodies, Governments, specialized agencies, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other relevant sources 45. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 6/14, requests the Special Rapporteur to “cooperate fully and effectively with other existing human rights mechanisms and treaty bodies, including, but not limited to, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children in armed conflict, and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, as well as the Board of Trustees for the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, taking full account of their contribution while avoiding duplication of their work”. In addition, the Special Rapporteur believes it important to work with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, the Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples and the independent expert on minorities. 46. The Special Rapporteur recognizes that the root causes and consequences of slavery may have synergies with areas in which other existing human rights mechanisms and treaty bodies are working. Consequently, the Special Rapporteur will endeavour to complement the work of the existing mandate-holders, mechanisms and treaties in order to avoid duplication. Where possible, the Special Rapporteur will seek to work jointly with other existing mandate-holders, human rights mechanisms and treaty bodies such as the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). V. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT SINCE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 47. From 16 to 18 June 2008, the Special Rapporteur travelled to Geneva to hold a number of consultations with: Governments including those of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Armenia, the Russian Federation and Norway; United Nations agencies, including the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; treaty bodies such as the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Committee on Migrant Workers, the Committee on the Elimination