A/HRC/19/58 561. During the reporting period, the Government transmitted one communication to the Working Group dated 16 August 2011, in which it provided its comments on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights thirteenth periodic report on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, titled ―Preliminary report on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Southern Kordofan from 5 to 30 June 2011‖. The Government indicated that the comments provided constituted as well a response to the content of the press statement issued on 22 July 2011 (see par. 564). Concerning enforced disappearances, the Government indicated that the Sudanese Armed Forces cannot be responsible for the disappearances of any person during the incidents and that they never targeted Christians or their churches. Information from sources 562. Sources provided information on one outstanding case. Press release 563. On 22 July 2011, the Working Group, jointly with two other Special Procedures mechanisms, issued a press release expressing alarm over reports of atrocities in Southern Kordofan region of Sudan, including killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and enforced disappearances perpetrated against Nubans and other dark-skinned people.18 Request for a visit 564. A request for a visit was sent to the Government of the Sudan on 20 December 2005. On 3 April 2008, 20 July 2009, 16 August 2010 and 18 August 2011, the Working Group reiterated its interest to undertake the mission. However, no reply has yet been received. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 565. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 383 cases to the Government; of those, four cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 205 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 174 remain outstanding. Observations 566. The Working Group is concerned by the fact that, during the reporting period, it transmitted two urgent appeals, one concerning nine individuals and the other concerning three individuals. The Working Group recalls article 2.1 of the Declaration which states that ―No State shall practise, permit or tolerate enforced disappearances‖, as well as article 3, which provides that ―Each State shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent and terminate acts of enforced disappearance in any territory under its jurisdiction.‖ 18 114 The full text of the press release can be consulted at: (http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11263&LangID=E)