time. In such cases, the commission/mission has to ensure that responses are received with sufficient time to allow it to finalize its report within the deadline set by its mandate. In a few instances, the reports have been formally submitted to bodies other than the mandating authority, including other intergovernmental bodies, national bodies or regional organizations. This has occurred, for example, when the mandate itself so specified, such as with the report on East Timor (1999), which was submitted to the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights as specified by the Commission on Human Rights; or when the Secretary-General mandated commissions/missions and then referred their reports to the Security Council, as was the case with the report of the Investigative Team for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997) and that on Guinea (2009); or when commissions/missions have recommended that their report should be formally transmitted to other bodies. Some reports have been formally submitted to national bodies, for example, the report on Timor-Leste (2006) was submitted to the Timorese National Parliament and that on Guinea (2009) to the Head of State of Guinea, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States. Reports should be used by all relevant bodies and in all relevant contexts, e.g., where they can provide information to help shape international responses, for example, by the Security Council, or have recommendations which should be considered by those bodies. 3. PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT Commissions/missions mandated by the Human Rights Council are requested to present their reports orally to the Council at the relevant session, followed by an interactive dialogue with States. During this dialogue, States may take different positions on the commission’s/mission’s work: expressing support, taking issue or raising questions about its methodology or findings, supporting or questioning its recommendations. Commissions/missions mandated by the Security Council have presented their reports and findings either directly or through the High Commissioner for Human Rights. As stated previously, it is also established practice that members of commissions/missions hold a press conference on the occasion of the presentation of the report. GUIDANCE AND PRACTICE 93