A/HRC/16/48 Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A 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 Standard Procedures 524. In accordance with the Working Group’s methods of work, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island received a copy of the case concerning Mr. Mustapha Setmariam Nassar, a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin, who was allegedly abducted in October 2005 in Quetta, Pakistan, by Pakistani intelligence agents. Allegedly he was detained for a certain period of time in Pakistan and was later handed over to the control of United States officials. It was alleged that, in November 2005, Mr. Setmariam Nassar may have been held for a short period of time at a military base in Diego Garcia, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under United States authority, and that he may currently be being held incommunicado in the Syrian Arab Republic. This case is recorded under the Government of Pakistan. Information from the Government 525. One communication was received from the Government on 21 October 2010, concerning the above-mentioned case of Mr. Mustapha Setmariam Nassar. In this communication, the Government states that it has no information to suggest that Mr. Nassar transited through or was held on Diego Garcia in November 2005. In this connection, they indicate that the Government of the United States had confirmed that, with the exception of two rendition cases related to Diego Garcia in 2002, there have been no other instances in which United States intelligence flights landed in the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies, with a detainee on board since 11 September 2001. Observations 526. 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. United States of America 114 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A N/A N/A