A/HRC/RES/33/4 open-ended intergovernmental working group and to submit contributions for its fifth session; 16. Recommends that all Member States, including those confronted with the phenomenon of private military and security companies, as contracting States, States of operations, home States or States whose nationals are employed to work for a private military or security company, contribute to the work of the open-ended intergovernmental working group, taking into account the work carried out by the Working Group; 17. Requests the Working Group to continue the work already carried out by previous mandate holders 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 the term “mercenary” drafted by the Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination in his report submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session,3 and also the evolving phenomenon of mercenaries and its related forms; 18. Reiterates its requests to the Office of the High Commissioner to, as a matter of priority, publicize the adverse effects of the activities of mercenaries and private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military and security-related services on the international market on the right of peoples to self-determination and, when requested and where necessary, render advisory services to States that are affected by those activities; 19. Requests the Working Group to continue to monitor mercenaries and mercenary-related activities in all their forms and manifestations, and private military and security companies, in different parts of the world, including instances of protection provided by Governments to individuals involved in mercenary activities, and to continue to update the database of individuals convicted of mercenary activities; 20. Also requests the Working Group to continue to study and identify sources and causes, emerging issues, manifestations and trends with regard to mercenaries and mercenary-related activities and their impact on human rights, particularly on the right of peoples to self-determination; 21. Renews, for a period of three years, the mandate of the Working Group, for it to continue to undertake the tasks described by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 7/21 of 28 March 2008 and in all other relevant resolutions on the subject; 22. Urges all States to cooperate fully with the Working Group in the fulfilment of its mandate; 23. Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the Working Group with all the assistance and support necessary for the fulfilment of its mandate, both professional and financial, including by promoting cooperation between the Working Group and other components of the United Nations system that deal with countering mercenary-related activities, in order to meet the demands of its current and future activities; 24. Requests the Working Group to consult States, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and other relevant civil society actors in the implementation of the present resolution, and to report its findings on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self- 3 4 E/CN.4/2004/15.