A/HRC/60/62 meetings, the related opportunities and risks of reprisals, and good practices for Council members to support safe civil society engagement with the Council. 22. In its regular consultations with members of the Security Council as they prepare to assume their monthly presidency of the Council, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs systematically draws attention to issues related to the participation of civil society representatives in Security Council meetings, including risks of intimidation and reprisals, and directly engages with presiding Council delegations, together with OHCHR, to promote best practices. 23. The Office of Counter-Terrorism developed a standard operating procedure for the implementation of the Human rights due diligence policy on United Nations support to non-United Nations security forces, which involves conducting human rights risk assessments that consider, among other factors, possible intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations. 24. In September 2024, the United Nations Youth Office launched a dedicated module on preventing and responding to intimidation and reprisals related to cooperation with the United Nations as part of its youth-friendly online training course on engaging safely at the United Nations. Nearly 2,000 young people have registered since its launch, and the module is actively promoted ahead of major United Nations events involving youth participation. In collaboration with OHCHR, the United Nations Youth Office, organized dedicated preparatory sessions on safe engagement with the United Nations ahead of the Youth Action Day of the Summit of the Future on risk prevention and response. For the Economic and Social Council Youth Forum 2025, it disseminated a guidance note on safe and meaningful youth participation in United Nations events.25 25. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters held several regional consultations with environmental defenders from outside the territories of States Parties to the Convention who were facing harassment linked to the operations of companies headquartered in States Parties. Ahead of the consultation for Western and Central Africa in September 2024, a participant was threatened with reprisals. IV. Ensuring access to the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights 26. Previous reports have addressed obstacles facing individuals and organizations who addressed United Nations forums.26 Reports of attempts by representatives of Member States to block or delay the accreditation of civil society representatives continued to be received. Attempts by representatives of States to prevent, interrupt or discredit civil society’s interventions at United Nations meetings were also documented. Incidents of intimidation and harassment on United Nations premises, including at United Nations Headquarters, were documented, in particular affecting Indigenous Peoples. Incidents included individuals being photographed or recorded without their consent or government representatives addressing civil society representatives in an intimidating manner, before, during or after their participation in United Nations forums. 27. Some United Nations peace operations27 reported that individuals and communities seeking to access and engage with them, including to share information, faced challenges and obstacles. In its resolutions, the Security Council has continued to urge States and all parties to ensure full and unhindered access and freedom of movement for peace operations, 25 See https://ecosoc.un.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/SAFE-AND-MEANINGFULPARTICIPATION-IN-UN-EVENTS_UN-Youth-Office-Guidance.pdf. 26 See A/HRC/42/30, A/HRC/45/36, A/HRC/48/28, A/HRC/51/47, AHRC/54/61 and A/HRC/57/60. 27 The term peace operations in this context is used to refer to both peacekeeping operations and special political missions. 6