A/HRC/33/51 14 III. Decisions on individual cases taken by the Working Group and communications transmitted to the States concerned during the reporting period42 Number of Cases transmitted Number of outstanding to the Government Cases clarified during cases of Number of cases at the during the reporting the period under possible outstanding beginning of period review by: clarification cases at the the period by end of the under Urgent Standard Government period under review actions cases Government Sources (6-month rule) review Countries Communications sent during the period under review Prompt intervention Urgent letter appeal Communications received during the period under review General Other allegation letter Response to prompt Response Response to Response intervention to urgent general to other letter appeal allegation letter Afghanistan 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - Albania 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 3 104 - 37 - - - 3 139 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - Algeria 43 Angola 44 Argentina 3 271 1 - - 26 - 3 244 - - - - - - - - Bahrain 3 2 - - 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - Bangladesh 30 1 4 - 1 - 34 1 - 1 - - - - - Belarus 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - Bhutan 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 28 - - - - - 28 - - - - - - - - Brazil 13 - - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - Burundi 52 1 - - - - 53 - - - - - - - - Cambodia 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 42 43 44 Urgent actions are cases of enforced disappearances occurred within three months prior to the receipt of a report by the Working Group; or cases of enforced disappearances occurred prior to the three-month limit, but within one year prior to the receipt of a report by the Working Group, provided that there is a link with a case that occurred within the three-month period. Standard cases are cases of enforced disappearances occurred prior to the three-month limit. Prompt intervention letters concern cases of intimidation, persecution or reprisal against families of disappeared persons, witnesses, lawyers, human rights defenders and other individuals concerned with disappearances. Urgent appeals concern allegations of enforced disappearances; or allegations regarding persons deprived of liberty who are at risk of being disappeared. General allegations concern alleged obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration. The Working Group determined during its 109th session that two cases were duplicates and subsequently expunged them from the records. The Working Group determined during its 107th and 109th session that two cases were duplicates and subsequently expunged them from the records.