A/HRC/4/80 page 8 12. All in all, more than a dozen attempts over the 20-day period from 26 January through 14 February 2007 were made in Geneva, Addis Ababa and Khartoum to obtain our visas and secure the cooperation of the Government of the Sudan. Upon our return to Geneva, we continued to offer cooperation, seeking briefings and information from Government officials, but to no avail. 5. Programme of work (a) Consultations 13. In Geneva, we had more than thirty consultations with representatives of United Nations agencies, former senior United Nations officials in Sudan, the International Committee of the Red Cross, international and Darfurian human rights organizations, human rights representatives from Darfur, and international humanitarian organizations, as well as with Darfur researchers. The HLM also met with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the President of the Human Rights Council, and the Executive Director of the Commission of Inquiry for Darfur, and OHCHR staff. We held discussion as well with United Nations Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim. Members of the Mission also met three times with the Ambassador of the Sudan in Geneva, and with Ambassadors from the African Union, with the Coordinator and other representatives of the European Union and with the Eastern European group. 14. In Addis Ababa, we were briefed by officials of the African Union, led by the Commissioner for Peace and Security. We also received military and police briefings from AMIS. We spoke with individuals from Darfur, including a former Governor and the head of a Darfurian human rights organization. The HLM met with the ECA Acting Executive Secretary, and subsequently with representatives of the ECA’s Working Group on Darfur, and with a member of the United Nations Panel of Experts of the Sanctions Committee of the Security Council. The HLM was also able to consult at length with the acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan. 15. Arriving in N’Djamena, members of the Mission met with the United Nations Country Team, as well as with representatives of rebel movements including the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the secretariat of the National Redemption Front (NRF). The Mission also discussed the case of Suleiman Jamous with advocates on his behalf. In Abeche, we also had numerous discussions with United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs representatives, working both with Darfurian refugees and Chadians displaced by militia incursions from Darfur. (b) Field visits in eastern Chad 16. In Gaga Refugee Camp, UNHCR and the camp leadership provided a general briefing of the refugee situation in eastern Chad, as well as on Gaga itself. Opened in May 2005, the camp houses more than 13,000 refugees from Darfur, most of whom have arrived in the past year. Gaga receives newly arriving refugees on a daily basis. Following this introductory meeting, the Mission divided itself into three teams, the first meeting with a cross-section of the camp’s refugees, another with refugees who had undergone torture, and a third with a group of women refugees. Members of the Mission heard first-hand accounts of violations suffered by residents.