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 185. 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. Observations 186. 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. Ethiopia Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 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 112 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 112 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) 0 0 N/A 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 187. 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 188. On 15 January 2010, the Working Group, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, sent an urgent appeal to the Government concerning Mr. Nagga GEZAW, Mr. Dhaba GIRRE and Mr. Jatani WARIO, university students, who were reportedly abducted from the University of Awassa Campus by members of the security and police forces between 5 and 6 January 2010. It was alleged that their disappearances might be related to their participation in the students' movement in Gujii/Borena Zone of Oromia 49