A/HRC/4/123 page 62 4/8. Follow-up to decision S-4/101 of 13 December 2006 adopted by the Human Rights Council at its fourth special session entitled “Situation of human rights in Darfur”* 1. In paragraphs 6, 7 and 9 of resolution 4/8, the Human Rights Council: (a) Decided to convene a Group to be presided over by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, composed of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children in armed conflict, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences; (b) Requested that group to work with the Government of the Sudan and appropriate human rights mechanisms of the African Union and to consult closely with the chairman of the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation to ensure the effective follow-up and to foster the implementation of resolutions and recommendations on Darfur adopted by the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human Rights and other United Nations human rights institutions, as well as to promote the implementation of relevant recommendations of other United Nations human rights mechanisms, taking into account the needs of the Sudan in this regard, to safeguard the consistency of those recommendations and to contribute to monitoring the human rights situation on the ground; (c) Requested the Group to report to the Council at its fifth session. 2. The adoption of resolution 4/8 by the Human Rights Council and the expected adoption by the General Assembly give rise to costs for (a) travel of the members of the Group (the composition of which is set out in paragraph 1 (a) above) for two meetings in Geneva of three working days each, (b) travel for three days of consultations in Banjul with the mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights by a representative of the Group and two OHCHR staff, (c) travel to Geneva for a representative of the Group to present its report to the Council at its fifth session, (d) staff costs for a coordinator at the P-4/5 level, an executive assistant at the P-3/2 level and a General Service (Other level) administrative assistant for three months and (e) for conference services to be provided to the group, estimated in the amount $366,300 for the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 as follows: Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management Section 23, Human rights Section 28E, Administration, Geneva Total * See paragraph 176 above. United States dollars 166 300 190 100 3 900 360 300