A/HRC/10/9 page 36 Information from the Government 159. The Working Group reviewed a communication sent by the Government on 11 February 2008 regarding the outstanding case, which was considered insufficient to clarify it. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding to date 160. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted three cases to the Government; two were discontinued and one remains outstanding. 161. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. Guatemala Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2 899 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 3 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit Yes N/A Yes N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2 899 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 162. The Working Group received four communications from the Government: one on 19 October 2007 concerning three outstanding cases, on which the Working Group decided that the response was insufficient to clarify them; the second on 6 June 2008, replying to the prompt intervention letter; a third on 23 September 2008, which could not be translated by the Secretariat in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report; and a fourth on 26 November 2008, on the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group following its country visit in 2007, which could not be translated by the Secretariat in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report. Prompt intervention 163. On 29 May 2008, the Working Group sent a prompt intervention letter to the Government of Guatemala regarding the intimidation and threats suffered by seven persons due to their engagement in investigating enforced or involuntary disappearances which occurred in Guatemala. 164. On 6 June 2008, the Government informed that the prompt intervention had been transmitted to the competent authorities.