49 VI. Integrating sanctions with other UN responses Strategic consideration of the role of sanctions and when to integrate them into other UN activities—or to keep them separate—requires UN systemwide coordination. A recurrent theme in HLR discussions concerned silos between sanctions and other UN responses to the same crisis, both at Headquarters and in the field. Integrating sanctions with other UN responses is essential to capturing synergies, preventing conflicting actions and enhancing the overall effectiveness of UN collective security. One participant recalled the idea of a UN system-wide sanctions coordinator, proposed by the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change in 2004,13 with a view to improving the integration of the sanctions instrument with other approaches to conflict. The Review also considered the UN’s Sahel Strategy as a model to ensure strategic coordination between multiple strands of a UN response to a particular crisis. 51. The Secretary-General’s report submitted prior to the potential imposition of sanctions should address the strategic connection between sanctions and other instruments employed, and demonstrate the place of sanctions as part of a broader partnership between the State in crisis and the various UN actors seeking to restore international peace and security. 52. The reports of the Secretary-General should include an assessment of the likely requirements for technical assistance to implement the sanctions measures. 13 A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, Report of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (2004), http://www. un.org/en/events/pastevents/a_more_secure_world.shtml.