A/HRC/10/9 page 71 Sri Lanka9 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 5 516 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 43 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 4 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 169 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases No N/A Yes (3) Yes 1 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 5 727 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 2 Government response Government response Government response N/A Yes (1) Under consideration Urgent actions 351. The Working Group sent 43 cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government, concerning 39 men and 4 women disappeared between February and October 2008. The majority of disappearances took place in Trincomalee and are attributed to the military, the police, security forces and paramilitary groups working with the Government. Standard cases 352. The Working Group transmitted 169 newly-reported cases to the Government. The alleged disappearances took place mainly between 2006 and 2008, mainly in Colombo, Trincomalee and Jaffna. The military, police, criminal investigation department and paramilitary groups working with the Government are allegedly responsible for these disappearances, which include one woman and one minor. Other cases concern men who disappeared in Jaffna. Information from the Government 353. The Working Group received three communications from the Government, dated 3 October 2007, 28 August and 2 September 2008, concerning four outstanding cases. Concerning two cases, the Government stated that no complaints of disappearances had been reported to the police and that the national identification card numbers did not correspond with their records. The information was insufficient to clarify the outstanding cases. For two cases, the Government provided the address of the victims. As a result, the Working Group applied the six-month rule. Information from sources 354. The Working Group received one communication from a source regarding an urgent action, indicating that the person had been released. 9 See Annex 5 for the list of names of the newly-reported cases of disappeared persons.