A/HRC/25/22 for the participation of stakeholders, in particular members of the human rights treaty bodies. They invited treaty body experts to act as resource persons during the consultations in February, April and May 2013. Although their participation could not be financially supported owing to the limited resources available, members from various committees were nonetheless able to participate in the consultations with delegations and provided valuable insights. 9. The consultations with Member States in February 2013 focused on a number of issues related to the functioning of the treaty bodies, such as the simplified reporting procedure, the submission of common core documents, coordinated requests for additional meeting time, reducing the number of pages and setting page limits for the annual reports of treaty bodies, summary records, webcasting and videoconferencing. Additionally, discussions were initiated on proposals for policies and processes with respect to the nomination and election of experts to the treaty bodies. 10. The consultations with Member States in April 2013 focused on a number of issues related to State party reporting, such as the interactive dialogue between States parties and treaty bodies, focused treaty body concluding observations, dual chambers, a treaty body jurisprudence database and a joint treaty body working group on communications. Finally, substantial time was dedicated to discussing the importance of improving the capacity of States to fulfil their reporting obligations to the human rights treaty bodies. With respect to the latter, OHCHR, at the request of the co-facilitators, organized a workshop on 16 April 2013 on developing the capacity of States to report to treaty bodies and follow up on concluding observations, with the participation of senior human rights officers who had provided this type of technical assistance in OHCHR field presences, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The workshop further featured the perspective of State representatives as well as one Resident Coordinator. 11. In an effort to consult treaty body experts, the co-facilitators requested to meet with a number of committees during their sessions in Geneva. These interactions were facilitated through videoconferences between New York and Geneva. 12. Two civil society forums were organized in the context of the intergovernmental process, on 26 February and 22 May 2013 respectively. These forums were intended to provide a platform and give an opportunity to civil society to contribute to the discussion in the intergovernmental process. The forums utilized videoconferencing to garner more participants from venues in New York and Geneva. At these meetings, various views and concerns were conveyed by representatives of civil society organizations, on both procedural and substantive issues. 13. The co-facilitators also held informal briefings and meetings with delegations, human rights treaty bodies and civil society in Geneva, on 18 and 19 April 2013. 14. The consultations with Member States in May 2013 focused on the proposal for a comprehensive reporting calendar, guidelines for the independence and impartiality of treaty body members and the resourcing of the treaty body system. 15. Subsequently, the co-facilitators suggested that the chairpersons of the treaty bodies hold their annual meeting in New York in May (instead of in Geneva in June) to provide an opportunity for both the co-facilitators and Member States to discuss the ongoing process. The discussions between the chairpersons and the co-facilitators, Member States and civil society are reflected in chapter III of this report. 16. On the basis of their consultations with Member States, the co-facilitators submitted two draft papers: their final report proposing the way forward, which contains a short introduction to each of the issues addressed and a recommendation based on the views of 5