A/HRC/19/58 41. On 8 March 2011, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Working Group joined the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and nine other United Nations human rights mechanisms in a press release urging States to comply with their international obligations to respect, protect and fulfil women’s rights. 42. On 31 May 2011, the Working Group issued a statement on the occasion of the first meeting of State Parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the election of members of the Committee on Enforced Disappearance. It emphasized that the Committee and the Working Group will coexist side by side and collaborate in their fight against enforced disappearances. 43. To commemorate the First United Nations International Day of the Disappeared, the Working Group issued a press release on 30 August 2011, reminding victims, including the families and associations of victims of those who disappeared, that they are not alone. In addition, the experts recalled that 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and encouraged all States and civil society to translate the Declaration into all languages and dialects, with no distinction, since all serve the purpose to assist in its global dissemination and the ultimate goal of preventing enforced disappearances. 44. During the reporting period, the Working Group also issued a series of press releases concerning China, Côte d’Ivoire, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Sudan, and the Syrian Arab Republic. Reference to these press releases can be found in the relevant sections of this report. G. Ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 45. During the reporting period, the Working Group welcomed the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 46. The Working Group congratulates the States that have ratified the Convention and encourages those that have not yet done so to accept the competence of the Committee to receive individual cases, under article 31, and inter-State complaints, under article 32 of the Convention. 47. The Working Group once again calls upon States that have not signed and/or ratified the Convention to do so as soon as possible and to accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32 of the Convention. States that have ratified the Convention (as of 13 November 2011) Recognition of the competence of the CED under articles 31 and 32 State Article 31 (individual complaints) Article 32 (inter-State complaints) Albania Yes Yes Argentina Yes Yes Yes Yes Armenia Belgium Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12