A/HRC/6/7 page 6 recommendations it committed itself to put into practice, and to continue its dialogue with the group of experts on the implementation of its other recommendations. Annexed to the report was a compilation of recommendations including relevant time-frames and indicators for assessing implementation. 6. The Council, in its resolution OM/1/3 requested “the group of experts to continue its work for six months and to submit an update to the session of the Council in September 2007 and a final report to the following session of the Council”. The present interim report with its two annexes is submitted in accordance with this resolution. 7. In preparing the present interim report, the group of experts continued to follow the methodology used in its earlier work: (a) To establish its cooperation and work, in a transparent manner, with the Government of the Sudan and other relevant partners within the international community; (b) To identify obstacles to the implementation of previous recommendations; (c) To differentiate short from medium term recommendations with a view to assisting the Government of the Sudan to implement fully the recommendations identified in the annex to its first report (A/HRC/5/6) and to keep the victims of past and ongoing violations of human rights and humanitarian law in central focus, as well as to reduce such violations in future. I. ACTIVITIES 8. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on 20 June 2007, encouraged the principals of United Nations humanitarian agencies active in Darfur to assist her Office and the group of experts in providing relevant information on the implementation of the recommendations which would be reflected in this interim report. 9. The Government of the Sudan, on 24 July 2007, transmitted to the group of experts a document entitled “Plan of the Advisory Council on Human Rights towards implementation of the short term (July-September) recommendations of the experts group”. This plan of action (annex I) lists a series of workshops, training seminars and other activities and identifies the financial needs of the Government of the Sudan for their implementation. 10. On 21 August 2007, the Government of the Sudan submitted to the group of experts a progress report on the implementation of the short term recommendations (annex II) and supplementary information continues to be received. 11. The group of experts met in Geneva from 17 to 19 September 2007 to review the status of implementation. On 18 September, it met with a high level inter-ministerial delegation and representatives from the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva to discuss areas of progress, obstacles encountered, and areas that required the Government’s