A/HRC/7/2 page 73 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Multiple replies on some cases N/A General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A 329. There was no activity during the period under review. A summary of the situation in the country prior to the period under review appears in the 2006 report (A/HCR/4/41). Sri Lanka8 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 5 749 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 37 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 4 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 107 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 1 Multiple replies on some cases N/A Yes N/A Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 9 5 516 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response No N/A Yes Urgent actions 330. The Working Group sent 37 cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government of Sri Lanka. The majority of these cases concerned males aged between 22 and 56. One case concerned a female victim and one case concerned a 16-year-old male. Eleven cases occurred in Jaffna and 19 in Colombo. The Sri Lankan Army and the Criminal Investigation Department were allegedly responsible for a large number of these cases. Other possible perpetrators include the Sri Lankan security forces, the police, and the Karuna Group. 8 9 See annex V for the list of names of the newly reported cases of disappeared persons. The Working Group determined that 378 outstanding cases were duplications and were subsequently deleted.