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A/71/755/Add.1 17-14097 5/7 20. Considering that paragraph 45 (g) of my first report provides that the start-up team is to liaise with the Commission of Inquiry and all other relevant United Nations and other entities or bodies, as well as Member States, and that in resolution 71/248 the General Assembly called upon all States, all parties to the conflict as well as civil society to cooperate fully with the Mechanism and the Commission of Inquiry to effectively fulfil their respective mandates and, in particular, to provide them with any information and documentation they may possess, the start-up team has also: (a) Liaised with the Commission of Inquiry, as well as with other relevant United Nations entities, notably on modalities of cooperation; (b) Responded to interested Member States with a view to (i) informing them about the Mechanism’s mandate and the work of the start-up team, (ii) seeking their political and financial engagement with and support for the Mechanism, and (iii) exploring areas of cooperation with the Mechanism to allow for the swift sharing of information with the Mechanism and to ensure that Member States take necessary steps to facilitate such cooperation; (c) Liaised with several civil society organizations, international, regional and national, to enhance their understanding of the Mechanism’s mandate, to discuss modalities for engagement and proactive cooperation, and to secure their commitment to provide the Mechanism with relevant information and documentation; (d) Liaised with interested courts and tribunals to explore how the Mechanism will share case files with courts and tribunals that may have jurisdiction over these crimes. 21. The start-up team has also prepared first confidential drafts of the internal procedures and methods of work identified in the Mechanism’s terms of reference. These drafts aim to regulate, inter alia, the intake of information and evidence, the confidentiality regime under which information and evidence will be held, the process of analysis, and the preparation and sharing of files. 22. In addition, the start-up team has created a public profile for the Mechanism by ensuring that all relevant documents, namely General Assembly resolution 71/248, my first report, the terms of reference of the Mechanism, answers to some frequently asked questions on the Mechanism, and a list of voluntary contributions to the Mechanism, are made available online on the United Nations website, at www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=146. C. Estimated budget 23. On the basis of the projected staffing requirements, as well as operational and running costs, it is estimated that the Mechanism will have an annual budget of just above $13 million. D. Funding 24. The General Assembly decided, in paragraph 5 of resolution 71/248, that the Mechanism will initially be funded exclusively from voluntary contributions. On 6 March 2017, I sent a note verbale to all Member States, requesting sustained multi-year funding for the Mechanism