A/HRC/33/51 30. The Working Group recalls the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to a visit by the Working Group in 2004, more than a decade ago, which was delayed at the request of the Government. The Working Group calls upon the Government to set the dates for the visit. Similarly, the Working Group regrets that the visit to Algeria did not materialize, in spite of an invitation extended to visit the country in the second half of 2014. The Government of the Sudan also expressed its openness to receiving the Working Group, although an official reply agreeing to the visit has not yet been received. The visit to Libya, postponed in May 2013 for security reasons, is still pending. E. Follow-up reports and other procedures 31. The Working Group prepared follow-up reports on the implementation of recommendations made following its visits to the Congo and Pakistan. The follow-up reports are contained in an addendum to the present report (A/HRC/33/51/Add.4). The Working Group encourages both Governments to implement the outstanding recommendations. F. Press releases and statements 32. On 10 June 2015, the Working Group issued a statement3 and, on 11 June, a press 4 release at the end of its visit to Peru, emphasizing that, in spite of the Government’s efforts, grave wounds remained open as a consequence of past enforced disappearances, in particular in the areas of truth, justice and rehabilitation programmes. 33. On 27 August 2015, the Working Group joined a press release issued by two United Nations experts on genocide prevention and transitional justice, calling on the Guatemalan judicial authorities to prevent any further attempt at interference, obstruction of justice or manipulation of the law while resuming the genocide trial against the former de facto Head of State José Efraín Ríos Montt and the former Chief of Intelligence of Guatemala José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez.5 34. On 28 August 2015, the Working Group issued a press release jointly with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, calling for global rules on immediately searching for the disappeared.6 On the same day, the Working Group also issued a joint statement with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, recognizing the progress made on this issue in many countries in the Americas, while at the same time calling attention to the debt owed to the victims of forced disappearances of the past in terms of realizing their rights to truth, justice, and reparation.7 35. On 9 September 2015, the Working Group issued a press release, jointly with other special procedure mandate holders, welcoming the report of the independent team of experts of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the enforced disappearances, executions and torture of students of Ayotzinapa in the State of Guerrero in 3 4 5 6 7 6 See www.ohchr.org/SP/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16062&LangID=S. See www.ohchr.org/SP/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16065&LangID=S. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16351&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16356&LangID=E. See www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2015/098.asp.