A/HRC/57/60 108. OHCHR also documented restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the Supreme Council for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation and the National Authority for Southern Media, which had affected engagement between United Nations and civil society organizations. 109. Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of the NGO Mwatana Organization for Human Rights and its staff. State of Palestine 110. Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of several Palestinian and international women’s organizations and activists. 111. According to information received by OHCHR, the Palestinian General Intelligence Service arrested and then released on bail Mr. Nader Mit’ib in relation to his engagement with OHCHR. VI. Conclusions and recommendations 112. The number of reported acts of intimidation and reprisal by State and non-State actors against individuals or groups seeking to cooperate or having cooperated with the United Nations remained high during the reporting period. While the number of Member States included in the present report decreased compared with the reports of previous years, the decrease does not necessarily indicate a positive development. Regrettably, the number of victims has increased and some Member States with verified allegations could not be included in the report due to the severe protection concerns of the victims. 113. In annex I of the present report, new acts of intimidation and reprisal are documented against at least 150 individuals, including 20 young people. The report also includes relevant updates on the situation of 111 victims of past or ongoing reprisals, including 57 women, one boy and one girl, as well as 18 NGOs. The severity of some of the acts of intimidation and reprisal documented during the reporting period is of serious concern. 114. Incidents were again reported across all regions. The cases and situations reported this year, however, do not reflect the actual breadth and scope of the issue nor the full caseload documented by OHCHR. As in previous reports, numerous cases had to be excluded and others reported anonymously due to protection concerns. 115. As noted in previous reports, the absence of allegations of reprisals in the report, or their decrease in certain contexts, does not necessarily imply an improvement. Fear of further reprisals is a serious deterrent both to the reporting of incidents and to engagement in further cooperation with the United Nations. 116. Shrinking civic space and restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms globally, combined with the implementation of repressive legal frameworks and increased surveillance, both online and offline, have continued to deter the reporting of incidents or visible engagement with the United Nations. Against that background, reporting on intimidation or reprisals and responding to such allegations have become ever more challenging. 117. While United Nations entities continued to document global trends similar to those identified in previous years, new and deepening concerns emerged during the reporting period. 118. Many victims whose allegations of reprisals were documented by OHCHR during the reporting period no longer considered themselves to be protected by having their cases featured in the report anonymously. Instead, they declined any public reporting on their cases altogether due the serious risk of further reprisals and their severity. This was the case for at least 32 individuals, including 22 women and young people concerning six Member States. Four of those Member States were not included in the present report, as the victims feared that they could still be identifiable, even with GE.24-14259 15