A/HRC/10/9 page 49 the outstanding case. The information was insufficient to clarify it. The second communication dated 12 September 2008, could not be translated by the Secretariat on time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 228. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted one case to the Government which remains outstanding. Lebanon Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 312 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 1 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit No N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 312 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 229. The Government transmitted two communications to the Working Group dated 22 January and 18 February 2008. The latter could not be translated by the Secretariat in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report. For one case, the Government of Lebanon indicated that the person in question was not in any Syrian prison, as reported in the framework of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanese detainees in Syria. 230. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic also transmitted one communication to the Working Group concerning the case of a man who was allegedly arrested in Syria, but who was last seen in Lebanon in 1976. The Government indicated that this man is not in any Syrian prison. The information was insufficient to clarify the outstanding cases. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 231. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted 320 cases to the Government. It clarified 8 cases, 6 on the basis of information provided by the Government and 2 on the basis of information provided by the source; 312 remain outstanding.