A/HRC/7/2 page 29 Observations 101. The Working Group hopes that the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will adopt effective measures to clarify the outstanding cases. Democratic Republic of the Congo Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 41 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure 0 2 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 43 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 Standard cases 102. The Working Group transmitted two newly reported cases of disappearance to the Government. The first case concerned Ntiara Podos Nsey who reportedly disappeared in Kinshasa in August 2006, after he was taken by members of the Congolese Liberation Movement in the army. The second case referred to Faustin Sosso, who disappeared in August 2006, when he was taken by officials of the Republican Guard. Information from the Government 103. No information was received by the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 104. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 105. In previous years and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted 52 cases to the Government; of those, six were clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and three on the basis of information from the source. Forty-three cases remain outstanding.