A/HRC/4/42 page 7 urged the adoption of measures by the competent authorities to act with speed and vigour on complaints submitted by individuals who have served for PMSCs and returned from Iraq, and to consider the complicity and responsibility of private security companies and individuals involved. The Working Group has submitted a comprehensive report on its visit to Honduras, including its conclusions and recommendations, as an addendum to the present report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/4/42/Add.1). 14. At the invitation of the Government of Ecuador, the Chairperson and one member of the Working Group undertook a visit on 28 August to 1 September 2006. Among issues of interest, the Working Group studied the national mechanisms and legislation, including licensing and registration, and efforts to ensure that PMSCs in Ecuador operate in a legal framework in accordance with human rights standards. The Working Group also addressed the contracting of foreigners by PMSCs based in Manta, and studied the status of PMSC staff working in Ecuador, involving Ecuadorian and other nationals. The Working Group welcomed recent legislative and regulatory measures adopted by the Government, invited Ecuador to accede swiftly to the International Convention, and urged the Ecuadorian authorities to complete promptly the investigations surrounding PMSCs and to ensure effective remedies and actions with regard to the involvement of PMSCs in the spraying programme under “Plan Colombia”. The Working Group has submitted a report on its visit to Ecuador, including its conclusions and recommendations, as an annex to the present report (A/HRC/4/42/Add.2). 15. The Working Group is scheduled to visit Peru in early 2007, and welcomes the invitation from the Government. 16. The Working Group intends to undertake visits to a variety of countries relevant to different aspects of its mandate, including visits to countries with different relevance to conflict situations, including both “sending” and “receiving” States in terms of recruitment, use, financing and training of employees and employers of PMSCs and their subsidiaries and corporate structures. While the initial focus of the Working Group has been to visit countries where subsidiaries of foreign-registered PMSCs were recruiting employees, the focus of the Working Group is expected to evolve in the course of its mandate, with a view to provide a comprehensive assessment by the Working Group on the phenomenon of PMSCs operational in violent as well as low-level conflicts. C. Communications 17. This section gives a summary account of communications sent by the Working Group and received from Governments during 2006. Replies to communications sent by the Working Group in December 2006 will be included in the Working Group’s report to a later session of the Human Rights Council. 18. On 7 March and 25 April 2006, the Working Group sent follow-up communications to the Governments of Fiji and Papua New Guinea, respectively, with regard to further information received on the situation of a group of former soldiers of Fijian origin allegedly recruited to undertake mercenary activities in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The individuals, reportedly