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are, however, a number of States from which the Working Group has requested
invitations to visit and which have not been forthcoming. There are others which have
informally invited and/or confirmed invitations, but for which specific dates to visit
have not been agreed. The Working Group therefore calls upon all States with
pending requests for visits and those that have agreed to visits to respond as soon as
possible with specific dates.
712. The Working Group once again calls upon Governments that have not signed
and/or ratified the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance to do so as soon as possible and to accept the competence of
the Committee to receive individual cases, under article 31, and inter-State complaints
under article 32 of the Convention.
713. The Working Group welcomes that the United Nations declared 30 August
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. It further notes that
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and
encourages all States to translate it with no distinction between languages and dialects
since all serve the purpose of assisting in its global dissemination and the ultimate goal
of prevention of enforced disappearances.
714. The Working Group is grateful to the Government of Argentina and France for
their financial and human resource contributions, which allowed the Working Group
to have enhanced support. The Working Group reminds the United Nations of the
limited regular budget made available to it and calls for greater assistance to allow it
to accomplish its mandate.
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