A/HRC/60/18 translating languages used in Myanmar into English, the Mechanism is also actively researching and developing artificial intelligence solutions that can facilitate machine translation of the Mechanism’s collection of materials in Burmese. III. Progress on cooperation, dialogue and outreach A. Cooperation with Member States and other partners 42. The Mechanism requires the cooperation of numerous entities, including States, international organizations, civil society organizations, business entities and victims, in order to collect information and evidence on the most serious international crimes committed in Myanmar. In an effort to strengthen cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, the Mechanism continued its high-level dialogues and consultations with Member States and other actors in Geneva, New York and capitals. These engagements enabled the Mechanism to promote its work and to advance important cooperation arrangements to carry out evidence collection and witness interviews in the territories of Member States. 43. The Mechanism continued to reach out to, and seek information from, the Myanmar military and armed groups in the country, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly calling upon Myanmar to cooperate and engage meaningfully with the Mechanism. To date, the Mechanism has made over two dozen requests to the authorities of Myanmar for information in its possession and for access to the territory of Myanmar. It also requested information relating to alleged crimes – including regarding investigations or disciplinary measures undertaken – from both the military authorities and various armed groups. While the National Unity Government has responded, and shared detailed information on an investigation it had conducted, the Mechanism has not received any responses to its requests for information from the military or other armed groups. 44. In January 2025, the Head of the Mechanism conducted an official visit to Bangladesh, where he engaged in high-level discussions with government officials in Dhaka and outreach activities with the Rohingya community in Cox’s Bazar. The visit focused on the Mechanism’s ongoing investigations into crimes committed against the Rohingya population, recent developments in accountability efforts, and the evolving situation across the border in Rakhine State. In the lead-up to the High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar scheduled to take place in September 2025 – an initiative stemming from the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly – the Mechanism has underscored the critical importance of addressing issues of justice and accountability in order to order achieve any long-term peace and stability for communities in Rakhine State and throughout Myanmar. The Head of the Mechanism also conveyed the Mechanism’s deep appreciation for the continued support of the Government of Bangladesh in facilitating its investigations and providing access to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar who have been forcibly displaced from Myanmar. The cooperation of Bangladesh remains crucial in advancing accountability and justice efforts. 45. The Mechanism continues to call on all Member States seeking to end the spiralling violence and rampant atrocities in Myanmar to cooperate with its efforts to pursue justice for these crimes. Calls for the violence to end have little effect if perpetrators of the most serious crimes feel assured that they will never be held responsible. The Mechanism continues to seek the cooperation of relevant States so that investigative teams can interview witnesses on their territory. Expanding such cooperation continues to be a high priority for the Mechanism, especially with Member States in the Asia-Pacific region where much of the evidence and many of the witnesses are located. The Mechanism welcomes progress on the negotiation of cooperation arrangements with some States, which is expected to further enable the Mechanism’s investigative activities. 46. The Mechanism’s efforts to establish cooperation arrangements with Member States for the purpose of facilitating the collection of testimonial and documentary evidence in their territory have also been informed by lessons learned and best practices identified through an internal evaluation carried out in 2024. The findings of the evaluation affirmed the GE.25-10777 11