10. Acknowledges with appreciation the work and contributions made by the Working Group, and takes note with appreciation of its latest report (A/HRC/10/14); 11. Requests the Working Group to continue the work already done by the previous special rapporteurs on the strengthening of the international legal framework for the prevention and sanction of the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries, taking into account the proposal for a new legal definition of a mercenary drafted by the Special Rapporteur in his report submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session (E/CN.4/2004/15); 12. Notes with appreciation the work of the Working Group on its elaboration of concrete principles on the regulation of private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military security-related services on the international market, carried out by the Working Group after country visits and through the process of regional consultations, and consultation with academics and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and reflected in the reports of the Working Group submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session and to the Council at its tenth session; 13. Requests the Working Group: (a) To consult with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and experts on the content and scope of a possible draft convention on private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military security-related services on the international market, and an accompanying model law, and other legal instruments; (b) To share with Member States, through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, elements for a possible draft convention on private military and security companies, to request their input on the content and scope of such a convention and to transmit their replies to the Working Group; (c) To report to the Council at its fifteenth session on the progress achieved in the elaboration of the draft legal instrument for proper consideration and action; 14. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, as a matter of priority, to publicize the adverse effects of the activities of mercenaries and private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military security-related services on the international market on the right of peoples to self-determination and, when requested and where necessary, to render advisory services to States that are affected by those activities; 15. Expresses its appreciation to the Office of the High Commissioner for its support for convening in the Russian Federation the regional governmental consultation for States in the Eastern European Group and Central Asia region on traditional and new forms of mercenary activities as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, in particular regarding the effects of the activities of private military and security companies on the enjoyment of human rights; 16. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to support the Working Group when convening regional governmental consultations on this matter, in conformity with paragraph 15 of General Assembly resolution 62/145, with the remaining three to be held before the end of 2010, bearing in mind that this process may lead to the holding of a high-level round table of States, under the auspices of the United Nations, to discuss the fundamental question of 3