A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 89 61. There is consensus in the Sub-Commission that any involvement of HRCC in the UPR process should not be to the detriment of its thematic responsibilities. 4. The 1503 procedure 62. The consensus view of the Sub-Commission with regard to the changes needed in the 1503 procedure in order to enable it to function efficiently and effectively are set out at paragraph 22 (c) above. G. Report of the intersessional working groups and the Social Forum, as requested in paragraph 4 of decision 1/102 63. The three intersessional WGs - the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Working Group on Minorities - and the Social Forum are unique platforms in the United Nations human rights system in terms of their attention to vulnerable communities and constituencies that might otherwise go unrepresented. The three intersessional WGs and the Social Forum provide practically the only human rights forums where the concerned groups and communities can effectively participate in United Nations meetings and bring up potential and real problems facing them. 64. The work of the three intersessional WGs and the Social Forum has several components. They: − Follow recent developments in all parts of the world in their designated areas of work; − Identify human rights issues and problems facing the affected communities; − Solicit advice from a wide range of representatives of the concerned communities, academia, NGOs and IGOs, as well as Governments; − Prepare working papers and propose studies on human rights topics of significance to the understanding and realization of human rights for the affected communities; − Call for seminars and workshops with wide participation by the communities and other concerned stakeholders; − Initiate standard-setting activities and make suggestions on institutional and procedural matters; − Contribute to increasing awareness and understanding of multiple human rights issues of relevance to the affected communities; − Interact in a complementary fashion with debates and suggestions concerning the relevant special procedures, treaty bodies and OHCHR; and