A/HRC/16/48 Information from the Government 199. The Government transmitted two communications, dated 28 August 2009, which was not recorded in report A/HRC/13/31 due to a technical error, and 21 May 2010, regarding the outstanding case. The information provided was considered insufficient to clarify the outstanding case. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 200. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted three cases to the Government; of those, two were discontinued, and one remains outstanding. Observations 201. The Working Group notes that the Government has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and calls upon the Government to ratify it and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Guatemala 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 2,899 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2,899 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 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 Information from the Government 202. The Government transmitted two communications dated 8 March and 8 June 2010. The first communication included information on the activities undertaken in follow-up to the recommendations made by the Working Group following its visit to the country in 2006. 203. In the second communication, the Government of Guatemala stated its difficulties in informing the Working Group on the 2,899 outstanding cases that occurred during the period of the 36-year internal armed conflict. It reaffirmed that establishing the whereabouts or fate of disappeared persons and redressing the wrongs done to the victims 53