A/HRC/15/22 Review pay more attention to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur in mission reports, and encourages NGOs to provide information on the measures adopted by the State to implement these recommendations. 86. As is the case for follow up to mission reports, the Special Rapporteur notes that the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies have only paid limited attention to the information generated by the communication procedure. The Special Rapporteur believes that the review of the country situation during the Universal Periodic Review or in connection with the interactive dialogue with treaty bodies would offer a valuable opportunity to follow up on the effectiveness of the measures adopted by the country to eliminate the human rights violations addressed in the communication procedure. 87. The Special Rapporteur considers that the collaboration with UNEP, relevant United Nations specialized agencies and the secretariats of environmental conventions is of vital importance for the mandate. He therefore encourages the new mandate holder to continue the established cooperation with the secretariats of environmental conventions, in particular the secretariat of the Basel Convention, and to seek ways to establish a closer and more coordinated collaboration with UNEP, ILO and WHO. 88. The Human Rights Council should consider transmitting thematic reports of the Special Rapporteur to the Governing Council of UNEP, and request that the latter extend an invitation to the Special Rapporteur to address its annual sessions. 89. Finally, the Special Rapporteur believes that there is room for strengthened collaboration between the mandate and NGOs. He is aware that the mandate deals with borderline issues that neither human rights NGOs nor their environmental counterparts may be fully familiar with. In order to strengthen the links between the mandate and national and international NGOs working in the field of human rights, environmental protection and chemicals or waste management, the new Special Rapporteur should, in consultation with OHCHR, identify ways and strategies to make civil society organizations more familiar with the mandate in general, and more specifically with the individual communication procedure. GE.10-14907 21

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