A/69/273 International Commission of Jurists, the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad, on behalf of 12 civil society organizations) a nd several academic experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States of America. 9. He held a series of informal consultations with State representatives, international financial institutions and civil society representatives in New York and Washington, D.C., from 8 to 11 July 2014. In addition, he participated in an expert group meeting held in New York on 7 July 2014 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The meeting was held in the context of the UNCTAD initiative aimed at elaborating and proposing to the international community a concrete debt workout mechanism. 10. His interlocutors in New York and Washington, D.C., included representatives from several States and officials from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He also met the Coordinator of the Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative, a joint initiative of the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the Executive Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance; the President of Global Financial Integrity; a member of the Advisory Board of the Business and Society Programme of the Aspen Institute; and representatives of the Center for Economic and Social Rights, the Center of Concern and Jubilee USA Network. The Independent Expert engaged in a very fruitful exchange with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non -recurrence on the former’s work programme. He would like to extend his sincere thanks to all his interlocutors for taking the time to meet with him and provide valuable feedback on his draft workplan. While not all comments have been incorporated in the present report, many of them will be very useful as the Independent Expert explores the thematic issues outlined below in more detail. IV. Thematic priorities for 2014 to 2017 11. While the six substantive themes are separated for the purposes of the present document, it is stressed that the mandate holder will highlight the linkages among them. As not all stakeholders may have found time to provide feedback during the few weeks since the Independent Expert assumed office, he is open to receiving further comments and suggestions. The workplan outlined below may therefore be further adjusted. In addition, some flexibility in implementing the workplan should remain, to ensure that the mandate holder can respond adequately to new developments that will require his attention. Finally, the full realiz ation of the work programme may depend on whether the mandate holder receives support in addition to the core funding provided through the regular budget of the United Nations. A. Preventive aspects of fiscal policies and debt management 12. Sovereign debt and human rights discourse may have preventive aspects in the context of debt crises which have remained largely unexplored by the academic, civil society, governmental and international communities. Debt policies and debt management strategies designed and implemented by Governments and monitored by international financial institutions rarely take into consideration the human rights 14-58891 5/12