A/HRC/16/48 Observations 259. The Working Group calls on 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. Iraq Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 1 Cases clarified during the period under review: 2 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 16,409 1 0 2 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 16,408 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) 2 1 No 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 Urgent actions 260. The Working Group sent one case under its urgent action procedure to the Government concerning Mr. Salman Shihatha Jasim Al Mihyawi, who was allegedly abducted by Iraqi military personnel on 4 May 2010 from his workplace, located in al Mansoura district, Baghdad. Urgent Appeals 261. On 11 May 2010, the Working Group, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, sent an urgent appeal to the Government concerning the alleged arrest of a group of between 400 and 700 men by the Iraqi Army in the Mosul region and their further transfer and abusive treatment in a secret detention facility near Baghdad. According to the information received, while 431 of these persons were reportedly found at the Al Rusafa detention center, the fate and whereabouts of around 200 remain unknown. Information from the Government 262. The Government of Iraq transmitted two communications to the Working Group, dated 6 September and 7 October 2010. The first concerned one case for which the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule at its ninety-second session. The second concerned a case which had already been clarified by the source. 63