A/HRC/16/48 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 171. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 26 cases to the Government; of those, 4 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 18 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 4 remain outstanding. Observations 172. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It calls upon the Government to accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Egypt Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 20 Cases clarified during the period under review: 17 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 33 3 0 17 17 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 36 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 Urgent actions 173. The Working Group sent three cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government. The first case concerned Mr. Mamdouh Al Arabi Azhari Diab, who, according to the information received, was allegedly transferred on 5 January 2010 from Al Marg al Jadid prison to the Shabeen al Qanater police station to be released. However, it was reported that, while the authorities of the prison affirmed that he had been transferred to the police station, the authorities of the police station denied having received him. The second case concerned Mr. Tarek Khidr, who was allegedly abducted by General Investigation Service agents in civilian clothes at the gate of the School of Science of the University of Alexandria on 26 March 2010. The third case concerned Mr. Nasr Al Sayed Hassan Nasr, who allegedly disappeared at the Banha State Security office where he was arrested after being summoned on 28 April 2010. Reportedly, the authorities denied having him in custody. 45