A/HRC/30/38 B. Meetings 20. During the period under review, representatives of the Governments of: Angola, Algeria, Japan, Morocco, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan (104th); Argentina and Japan (105th); Bhutan, Gabon, Japan and the Republic of Korea (106th) attended the sessions of the Working Group. A number of informal meetings were also held with representatives from various States. The Working Group expresses its appreciation to those Governments for the meetings and emphasizes the importance of cooperation and dialogue. 21. The Working Group also met with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances during its 104th session, and held two meetings with the President of the Human Rights Council during the reporting period. It also met with State representatives from the African and Asian regional groups during the 104th and 106th sessions, as well as representatives of international governmental organizations, relatives and associations of relatives of disappeared persons, and non-governmental organizations. C. Communications 22. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 384 new cases of enforced disappearance to 33 States. 23. The Working Group transmitted 151 of the above-mentioned cases under the urgent action procedure to Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Honduras, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe. 24. The Working Group clarified 65 cases, in Algeria (1), Bahrain (1), Chile (10), China (1), Cuba (1), Egypt (6), the Gambia (3), Georgia (1), Guatemala (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (12), Peru (3), Saudi Arabia (3), Sri Lanka (10), the Syrian Arab Republic (5), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), the United Arab Emirates (2) and Uruguay (2). Of the 65 cases, 32 were clarified on the basis of information provided by Governments, and 33 on the basis of information provided by sources. 25. The Working Group transmitted 13 prompt intervention communications addressing allegations of harassment of and/or threats to human rights defenders and relatives of disappeared persons in Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation and Sri Lanka. 26. It transmitted 21 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 disappearance in Burundi, China, Congo, Eritrea and the Islamic Republic of Iran. 27. The Working Group transmitted seven general allegations, to the Governments of Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Kenya, Pakistan and Paraguay. 28. It also transmitted six other letters to the Governments of Guatemala, India, Morocco, Nepal and Spain. D. Country visits 29. The Working Group, represented by Mr. Dulitzky, Ms. Dzumhur and Mr. El-Hajjé visited Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia including Kosovo from 15 to 30 June 2014. The reports on the visit are contained in addenda to the present report (A/HRC/30/38/Add.1, 5

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