A/HRC/7/2 page 16 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A Yes Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A Yes Information from the Government 43. The Working Group received a communication sent by the Government regarding 72 cases. This information will be reviewed by the Working Group during the next reporting period. Information from sources 44. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Clarifications 45. Based on the information received from the Government, the Working Group decided to clarify 55 cases. Request for a visit 46. In a communication sent on 15 January 2007, the Working Group informed the Government that it would not be possible to hold its eighty-first session in Argentina, and that the mission initially planned to follow the session, would have to be postponed to 2008. The Government sent a response on 17 January 2007 informing the Working Group that a standing invitation is open to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 47. In previous years and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted 3,445 cases to the Government; of those, 43 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 99 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 3,303 remain outstanding. Observations 48. The Working Group welcomes the efforts made by the Government to clarify outstanding cases, particularly with regard to 55 cases clarified during 2007, as a result of the creation of a comprehensive database to establish the fate or whereabouts of disappeared persons in that country by the Government. The Working Group hopes that, through this continued cooperation with the Government and NGOs, progress can continue towards the clarification of the 3,303 cases that remain unresolved. The Working Group also commends the continuation of trials against perpetrators.