A/HRC/6/7 page 7 urgent attention.2 On 19 September, it met to take account of the Government’s update and to reflect further upon measures which the Government should adopt to ensure full implementation of the group’s recommendations. 12. In addition, on behalf of the group of experts, the Office of the High Commissioner has actively sought the participation of the relevant human rights mechanisms of the African Union and consulted the Chairman of the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC). The group of experts received a letter dated 17 September 2007 from the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), informing it that Commissioner Bahame Tom Nyanduga, Special Rapporteur on Asylum-seekers, Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa was appointed focal point to liaise with the group of experts. The group met with Commissioner Nyanduga on 19 September 2007 in Geneva, exchanged views and information and pledged future cooperation. 13. The group of experts expresses its appreciation to the Government of the Sudan for its excellent cooperation during the period under review; its endeavours to address the recommendations compiled by the group of experts; the timely reporting back to the group; and the very open and constructive dialogue with the high level inter-ministerial delegation and representatives from the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva. 14. The group of experts also thanks the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations agencies in New York and Geneva and all others, including non-governmental organizations, who provided information on the current status of implementation of recommendations according to the time frame and indicators specified by the group of experts (A/HRC/5/6, annex I). II. STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS 15. In line with its previous report to the Council (A/HRC/5/6), the group of experts has been working with the Government of the Sudan with a view to promoting improvements in the human rights situation in Darfur according to the following four principal areas of concern: 2 The inter-ministerial delegation was led by Mr. Abdeldaiem Zumrawi, Deputy Minister of Justice, and included Dr. Abdelmonim Osman M. Taha, Rapporteur of the Advisory Council on Human Rights, Dr. Hassabo Mohamed Abdelrahman, Commissioner for Humanitarian Assistance, Brigadier General Hassan Hamid Mohamed, Ministry of Defence. The delegation also included Ambassador Ibrahim Margani Ibrahim Mohamed Kheir, Permanent Representative, Ms. Rahma Salih Elobeid, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ms. Igbal Ishag Mohamed Elamin (Second Secretary), from the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva.