A/HRC/13/31 B. Meetings 18. During the period under review, the Working Group met formally with representatives of the Governments of Algeria, Ecuador, Iraq, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. A number of other informal meetings were held with various States during the year. Upon the initiative of the Working Group, a meeting was held with the African Group. The Working Group looks forward to meeting the Eastern European Group in the future, as part of an ongoing initiative. The Working Group also met with representatives of human rights non-governmental organizations and associations of relatives of disappeared persons and families of victims of enforced disappearances or witnesses thereof. C. Communications 19. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 456 new cases of enforced disappearance to 25 Governments. 20. The Working Group sent 60 of these cases under the urgent action procedure to the Governments of Algeria, Argentina, Chad, China, Egypt, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Yemen and Zimbabwe. 21. Of the newly-reported cases, 54 allegedly occurred during the reporting period and relate to Algeria, Argentina, Chad, China, Egypt, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Yemen. 22. During the same period, the Working Group clarified 37 cases in the following States: Algeria, Bangladesh, Chad, Chile, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Of those, 22 cases were clarified based on information provided by the Government and 15 cases were clarified based on information provided by sources. 23. During the reporting period, the Working Group sent 13 prompt intervention communications addressing harassment of and threats to human rights defenders and relatives of disappeared persons in Algeria, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Russian Federation, Sudan, Thailand and Turkey. Nine of these were sent as joint communications with other special procedures mechanisms. 24. The Working Group sent 16 communications on persons who have been arrested, detained, abducted or otherwise deprived of his/her liberty or who had been forcibly disappeared or was at risk of being disappeared in China, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Honduras, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka and Yemen. Ten of these were sent jointly with other special procedures mechanisms. 25. Following its eighty-sixth session, in 2008, and its first two sessions in 2009, the Working Group sent 25 general allegations to Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Namibia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Zimbabwe. During its eighty-eighth session, the Working Group decided to transmit general allegations to some Governments, inviting them to comment thereon. Summaries of the general allegations considered during the eighty-eighth session, including Government responses, if any, will be included in the 2010 annual report. 8 GE.09-17704