A/HRC/10/9 page 75 Request for a visit 378. A request for a visit was sent to the Government of the Sudan on 20 December 2005. On 3 April 2008, the Working Group reiterated its interest to undertake the visit. However, no reply has yet been received. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 379. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted 382 cases to the Government. It clarified 209 cases, 205 on the basis of information provided by the Government and 4 on the basis of information provided by the source; 173 remain outstanding. 380. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. Observations 381. The Working Group reiterates its concern about the possibility of underreporting of cases that may be occurring in Darfur as well as in other parts of the country. 382. The Working Group also reiterates its request for an invitation from the Government of the Sudan to conduct a country visit to assist the Government in preventing disappearances and in clarifying the 173 outstanding cases. 383. The Working Group reminds the Government of its obligations under articles 2 (obligation to prevent and eradicate enforced disappearance), 3 (obligation to take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent and terminate acts of disappearance), 10 (persons deprived of liberty should be held in officially recognized places of detention, and be brought before a judicial authority), 13.3 (protection against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal) and 13.5 (ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal should be punished) of the Declaration. Switzerland Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 0 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 1 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases No N/A N/A N/A Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 1 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A