A/HRC/16/48 Urgent appeal Yes Government response No General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A 556. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and regrettably no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in document E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. Urgent Appeals 557. On 14 May 2010, the Working Group sent an urgent appeal, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, concerning Mr. Mohanad Salahat, allegedly arrested by Palestinian Intelligence agents after he presented himself at the Intelligence Department in Nablus on 1 May 2010. No response was received from the Palestinian Authority. IV. Conclusions and recommendations 558. In 2010, the Working Group transmitted 105 newly reported cases of disappearance to 22 Governments, 53 of which allegedly occurred during the reporting period. The Working Group used the urgent action procedure in 50 of these cases, which allegedly occurred within the three months preceding the receipt of the report by the Working Group. During the reporting period, the Working Group was able to clarify 70 cases of enforced disappearance. 559. Tens of thousands of cases on the books of the Working Group still remain unclarified, many going back decades. In the 30th year since the establishment of the Working Group, much more needs to be done to ensure that the fate or whereabouts of the persons who have disappeared are resolved. 560. In spite of the fact that over 50,000 cases of enforced disappearances have been registered with the Working group, underreporting remains a major problem. It occurs for various reasons, including poverty, illiteracy, fear of reprisals, weak administration of justice, ineffectual reporting channels, institutionalized systems of impunity, a practice of silence and restrictions on the work of civil society. Much more needs to be done to facilitate the reporting of cases to the Working Group and assistance should be provided to family members and members of civil society to do so. 561. The Working Group is grateful for the cooperation received from a number of States: it is indispensable for discovering the fate or whereabouts of disappeared persons around the globe. Nevertheless, it remains concerned that of the 83 States with outstanding cases, some States have never replied to the Working Group’s communications and some States provide responses that do not contain relevant information. The Working Group urges those States to fulfil their obligations under the Declaration and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council. 562. The Working Group acknowledges the efforts of States, many human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations, lawyers and others who untiringly work to know the fate or whereabouts of disappeared persons in very adverse circumstances in all parts of the world and reiterates its solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearance and their families. 122