A/HRC/42/66 G. Public outreach 29. The Mechanism believes that regular and professional public outreach is essential to raise public awareness and understanding of the work of the Mechanism, and will be critical in securing the confidence and cooperation of victims and witnesses. While key aspects of the work of the Mechanism must necessarily remain confidential, it is also essential that accurate information about the mandate, goals, general activities and contact modalities of the Mechanism be publicly available. 30. Raising public awareness of the work of the Mechanism serves several purposes. Firstly, it can help to prevent victims from holding unrealistic expectations of the work of the Mechanism and the possible or likely outcomes, which could also reduce the risks of disillusionment. Secondly, it can help clarify the mandate of the Mechanism and how it differs from the diverse variety of other United Nations entities engaged in aspects of the situation in Myanmar. Lastly, it is essential to convey to the public that the Mechanism is concerned with all serious international crimes committed in Myanmar regardless of the race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or political affiliation of either the perpetrators or of the victims of such crimes. 31. A key objective for seeking to raise public awareness of the Mechanism is to maximize the potential deterrent effects on those contemplating the commission of such serious crimes. The files prepared by the Mechanism will not expire and will remain available for use in criminal proceedings in any national, regional or international courts or tribunals that have, or may in the future have, jurisdiction over those crimes, no matter how much time has passed. 32. The Mechanism plans to have a public website with as much information as is possible and appropriate, taking into account its confidentiality obligations and United Nations rules, regulations and polices concerning the disclosure of information. The information would be made available in the relevant languages. 33. The Mechanism will also maintain channels of communication with victim and survivor groups, members of civil society at the national, regional and international levels, and with relevant States and international organizations so as to facilitate dialogue. H. Initial priorities of the Mechanism 1. Storage capacity 34. In order to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law that fall within its mandate and to prepare files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in accordance with international law standards, the Mechanism must first have in place the necessary personnel and physical assets to ensure the integrity of the evidence collected, as well as the security of its sources. 2. Information technology system 35. The Mechanism has prioritized the expeditious identification and acquisition of appropriate information technology as a key to efficiently carrying out its mandate. Such technology is necessary in order to safely preserve and appropriately analyse the information, documentation and evidence collected. Furthermore, the system should be capable of dealing with the multiple languages and scripts used in Myanmar and large quantities of photographic, video and other digital evidence. It is also crucial that the system allow analysts to search through massive quantities of documents, photographs, video and audio evidence in order to identify the material relevant to a particular case file. Ensuring that the appropriate system is established early on will spare the Mechanism of having to adjust or transition between information systems in the future, which could lead to delays in its work and additional unnecessary costs. In building its information systems, the Mechanism will hope to benefit from the experiences of international tribunals and comparable international accountability mechanisms in order to identify and acquire the necessary hardware and software for the system. While the Mechanism explores available 6