A/HRC/5/6 page 6 (b) Humanitarian access; including protection of humanitarian workers from harassment and attacks; facilitating access to civilians, including those displaced; (c) Accountability and justice; (d) Monitoring of implementation of recommendations. 12. The experts group selected and synthesized a number of recommendations for each priority area which, if implemented, could improve the human rights situation on the ground. At the same time, the experts group identified steps to be undertaken in order to implement the recommendations that can be considered as indicators of their accomplishment. Furthermore, and in order to facilitate implementation, a number of recommendations general in scope were reformulated into separate practical steps. 13. The experts group also assessed the length of time needed to implement each of the recommendations and classified them according to whether they can be implemented in the “short” and “medium” terms, intended as periods of 3 and 12 months, respectively. While it acknowledges that a three-month period is relatively short, it is of the opinion that its recommendations in this category either are immediately implementable (e.g. public statements) or concern first steps which, while being part of a longer process, can be taken in the short term. 14. The matrix with recommendations (annex I to this report) was submitted to the Government of the Sudan on 2 May. A list of the relevant sources for these recommendations (see appendix to annex I) was sent to the Government of the Sudan on 14 May. The experts group invited the Government of the Sudan to comment on the feasibility of the recommendations and requested a prima facie assessment of the contribution that the international community may provide, in terms of technical assistance, to facilitate the removal of obstacles hampering implementation of each of the recommendations. On 18 May, the Government of the Sudan replied in writing, including an appreciation of its requirements to implement the recommendations (annex II). V. CONSULTATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SUDAN 15. The experts group sought to work in a transparent and collaborative manner with the Government of the Sudan by keeping it informed at all times. The experts group noted the Government’s acknowledgment of serious human rights problems in Darfur and the urgent need to address them and its expressed willingness to cooperate towards achieving the objectives of resolution 4/8. 16. The experts group’s secretariat held an introductory meeting with the Permanent Mission of the Sudan in Geneva, on 18 April, and the experts group’s Chairperson met with representatives of the Permanent Mission, on 23 April, in order to introduce the work of the experts group. 17. While the Experts noted that the Permanent Representative of the Government of the Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva was in contact with the Secretariat and the chairperson during the week of 23 April, he was unable to meet with the Group until the afternoon of 26 April, when preliminary consultations were held via conference call with the State Minister