A/HRC/16/48 Standard procedures5 174. The Working Group transmitted 17 newly reported cases to the Government concerning persons allegedly last seen at the General Directorate for State Security Investigation, Investigative Bureau Headquarters in Lazoghli, Cairo, between 1992 and 1997, and whose fate and whereabouts remain unknown. Urgent Appeals 175. On 16 April 2010, the Working Group, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on Torture, sent an urgent appeal to the Government concerning Karar Deyaa El Din Mawat, a minor, and Hayder Deyaa El Din Mawat, aged 18, brothers and Iraqi refugees residing in Egypt. Karar was reportedly arrested on 4 April 2010, in the Maddi region, by the Egyptian police and taken to an unknown location. Hayder was allegedly abducted from his home by the police on 12 April 2010, and was also taken to an unknown location. Information from the Government 176. The Government transmitted four communications dated 28 May, 4 and 17 June, and 12 August 2010. The first and second communications could not be translated in time for inclusion in this report. The third communication concerned one case, which had been previously clarified by the source. The fourth communication, which concerned one case already clarified by the source, could not be translated in time for inclusion in the present report. Information from the sources 177. Information was received from sources concerning 18 cases. As a result, 17 cases were clarified. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 178. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 61 cases to the Government; of those, 18 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 7 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 36 remain outstanding. Observations 179. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. 5 46 See annex V for the list of names of the newly reported cases of disappeared persons.