A/HRC/19/58 The Working Group also met with the newly-established Committee on Enforced Disappearance, representatives of international governmental organizations, human rights non-governmental organizations and associations of relatives of disappeared persons and families of victims of enforced disappearances or witnesses thereto. C. Communications 23. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 261 new cases of enforced disappearance to 25 States. 24. The Working Group transmitted 73 of these cases under the urgent action procedure to Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Honduras, India, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. 25. During the same period, the Working Group clarified 63 cases in the following States: Argentina, Bahrain, Chad, China, Colombia, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Spain, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Of those, 44 cases were clarified based on information provided by Governments and 19 cases were clarified based on information provided by sources. 26. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted six prompt intervention communications addressing harassment of, and threats to, human rights defenders and relatives of disappeared persons in Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey. Five of these were sent as joint communications with other special procedures mandates. 27. The Working Group transmitted 41 urgent appeals concerning persons who had been arrested, detained, abducted or otherwise deprived of their liberty or who had been forcibly disappeared or were at risk of being disappeared in Bahrain, China, Egypt, Georgia, Honduras, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Yemen. 39 of these communications were sent jointly with other special procedures mechanisms. 28. Following its ninety-second session in 2010 and its first two sessions in 2011, the Working Group transmitted 14 general allegations to the Governments of Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and two to the Syrian Arab Republic, requesting them to comment thereon. Summaries of three additional general allegations considered during the ninety-fifth session, including Government responses, if any, will be included in the 2012 annual report. D. Country visits 29. At the invitation of the Governments, the Working Group visited Timor-Leste, Mexico and the Republic of the Congo. 30. The visit to Timor-Leste took place from 7 to 14 February 2011. The Working Group was represented by Mr. Jeremy Sarkin and Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur. The purpose of the mission was to study the country’s efforts in dealing with the issue of enforced disappearances, including how it is addressing cases of enforced disappearances which occurred in the past. The report on the visit to Timor-Leste is contained in A/HRC/19/58/Add.1. 10