A/HRC/43/64 Committee also discussed ways to strengthen its own impact and visibility. In addition, it continued to provide guidance on issues relating to the independence of special procedures and the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, in accordance with the Internal Advisory Procedure. 54. A complete set of rules and guidelines governing the work of special procedures is contained in the Code of Conduct, the Manual of Operations and additional guidelines developed over the years. Mandate holders are committed to respecting them. The Coordination Committee has a facilitation role in this context and has engaged with all stakeholders individually or in a group. The Internal Advisory Procedure offers a more formal channel for complaints. All the details on how to use the procedure are public and available on the OHCHR website. 7 In the course of 2019, the Committee examined 12 requests submitted through the Procedure by States, civil society organizations or mandate holders. The requests fell within three categories: (a) mandate holders seeking advice on contemplated activities; (b) specific cases referred by States; and (c) cases highlighting policy or systemic issues that needed to be addressed by the system. More specifically, issues raised related to potential conflicts of interest, confidentiality, clarification related to the communication procedure (in particular, “other letters”), attacks against mandate holders, the issuance of press releases, editing of reports, cooperation with regional mechanisms, credibility of sources and participation in academic conferences. The fact that a number of stakeholders approached the Committee to make proposals or raise questions or concerns, whether formally or informally, has helped to refine the working methods and clarify issues. 55. In November 2019, the Coordination Committee met in New York to strengthen its outreach to United Nations counterparts. The meeting focused on ways to increase the impact of the work of special procedures within the system, strengthen the Committee’s engagement with intergovernmental bodies and other parts of the United Nations and enhance mandate holders’ contribution to advancing the protection of human rights through the current reforms of the United Nations. Special procedures have engaged with the peacebuilding architecture over the years, for instance through exchanges of information for country visits and through the provision of advice on country situations or thematic areas. As such engagement has occurred on an ad hoc or case-by-case basis, in 2019 OHCHR and the Peacebuilding Support Office organized a session with the Committee in 2019 to map thematic and country entry points for further engagement and collaboration. 56. The Chair of the Coordination Committee presented the report on the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the special procedures to the Human Rights Council, which included facts and figures with regard to the special procedures in 2018 and information on the achievements of the special procedures system (A/HRC/40/38 and Add.1). 57. The Coordination Committee implemented the modalities for disclosure of external support received through and outside OHCHR. The Committee requested mandate holders to provide information on external support received in 2019. Of the 61 mandate holders who responded, 31 indicated that they had received external support, while 30 had not received any. Support had mostly been in-kind in nature, including research assistance and the granting of the use of facilities by their home institutions; financial support, for instance, for specific events or research; and administrative assistance. Financial support was, in most cases, provided by Governments, foundations or the home institutions of mandate holders (A/HRC/43/64/Add.1, chap. XIV). IV. Acts of intimidation and reprisal 58. Special procedures continued to take up cases concerning acts of intimidation and reprisal, in relation not only to their work, but also to the wider United Nations system in the field of human rights. In 2019, Mandate holders continued to use communications (30), public statements, press releases, reports and meetings with various stakeholders to express their serious concern regarding all such acts. 7 See www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/CoordinationCommittee/Pages /InternalAdvisoryProcedure.aspx. 11