A/HRC/13/31 Meetings 318. Representatives of the Government of Japan met with the Working Group at its eighty-seventh, eighty-eighth and eighty-ninth sessions to discuss developments connected to cases. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 319. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted four cases to the Government and all remain outstanding. Observations 320. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accepting the competence of the Committee under article 32. It calls the Government to accept the competence of the Committee also under article 31. Jordan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 2 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 2 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 2 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) No 0 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 321. The Working Group received a communication from the Government dated 15 May 2009, in which it was stated that it had no new information on the two cases under review. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 322. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted two cases to the Government and all remain outstanding. 70 GE.09-17704