Introduction 11 includes a structured amalgamation of the working groups’ findings and recommendations, but is not intended to duplicate the deliberations of each group. Rather, meeting and consultation summaries, reports, statements and related information—which are available on the project website: http:// www.hlr-unsanctions.org/—represent important additional resources upon which HLR findings and recommendations are based. Shaded boxes contain numbered recommendations from the various working groups’ discussions and findings. Throughout the HLR process, a significant number of individuals participated in numerous meetings and consultations, some speaking in their individual and not necessarily institutional capacities. The many participants from the Security Council, the UN Secretariat and UN agencies, other Member States, UN Expert Groups and the Ombudsperson, the Focal Point for Delisting, international and regional organizations, the private sector, and academic and civil society organizations, expressed a variety of views on the many sanctions-related issues. Their active participation, time, and input are very much appreciated. The content of this report, however, does not necessarily reflect unified views of participants, but rather presents ideas that many found useful for further consideration. The responsibility for the content rests with the organisers in consultation with the sponsoring states. Finally, while the High Level Review of UN Sanctions was sponsored and supported financially by the Governments of Australia, Finland, Germany, Greece, and Sweden, the contents of this Compendium do not imply governmental endorsement by any sponsoring state.