A/HRC/43/64 28. The eighth annual Forum on Business and Human Rights took place from 25 to 27 November 2019 in Geneva, under the guidance of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The Forum attracted over 2,400 participants and allowed for a discussion among Governments, businesses, civil society, affected individuals and communities and international organizations on trends, challenges and progress in advancing implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in all regions of the world. Held under the theme “Time to act: Governments as catalysts for business respect for human rights”, the 2019 Forum focused on urging Governments to move from paper to practice in implementing fully the Guiding Principles. The report of the Forum will be presented to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session. I. Engagement with other parts of the United Nations system and regional mechanisms 29. Throughout the year, mandate holders sought closer cooperation with the wider United Nations system and agencies, programmes and funds, and with regional mechanisms (A/HRC/43/64/Add.1, chap. XX), including by raising awareness of their mandates and conducting joint activities. 30. Special procedures have continued to engage with various stakeholders, in particular within the United Nations, to ensure that human rights have the place they deserve within the system and to enhance the impact of the work of special procedures, in particular in the context of the recent reforms of the United Nations system. The Coordination Committee in particular engaged with various United Nations interlocutors at the highest level on these issues, stressing the prevention and early warning capacity of special procedures. The Committee participated in various discussions on these issues, including with delegations in Geneva and New York. Channels of communication with various parts of the United Nations system have been consolidated in that context. Special procedures continued to take early action in relation to several country situations, including through communications, reports to States, statements and press releases. The visits of mandate holders to countries in post-conflict, conflict or crisis situations, such as the Central African Republic, Mali and Ukraine, are good examples in that context. Special procedures also raised the alarm regarding worrying developments concerning thematic issues such as climate change, migration and the use of the fight against terrorism to curtail human rights unduly. 31. Engagement with New York-based entities, including the General Assembly and the Security Council, was strengthened, as was engagement with the United Nations entities engaged in peacebuilding and the Sustainable Development Goals and, more generally, with the United Nations country teams. Some informal interactions between mandate holders and members of the Security Council took place. For the second time, the Chair of the Coordination Committee sent a letter to all members of the Security Council (S/2019/357, annex), sharing information about the work of special procedures in 2018 deemed pertinent to the work of the Security Council in terms of country and thematic issues. In the letter, the Chair drew attention to the 2018 annual report of special procedures highlighting their role in the area of prevention and peace and security, including in the context of the ongoing reforms of the Secretary-General. The Chair stressed that special procedures were interested in improving their engagement with United Nations bodies such as the Security Council with a view to enhancing the promotion and protection of human rights as a key element of the 7maintenance of international peace and security. 32. In October, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, participated in an Arria formula meeting of the Security Council on “Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation in (post-) conflict situations: integrating a comprehensive approach to trafficking in persons into the women, peace and security agenda of the Security Council”. 33. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities pursued her engagement with the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General and collaborated with the Inter-agency Support Group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the process of adopting the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, which was endorsed by the Chief Executives Board for Coordination in May 2019 and 7