A/HRC/13/31 Lebanon* 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 0 312 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 1 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 312 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 326. One communication was received from the Government on 18 February 2008 which could not be translated in time for inclusion in the 2008 report. It concerned information on one case and on the continuous dialogue with the Syrian counterpart in the framework of the Committee established to address disappearance. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 327. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 320 cases to the Government; of those, 6 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 2 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 312 remain outstanding. Observations 328. 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. * In accordance with the practice of the Working Group, Osman El-Hajjé did not participate in the decisions relating to this section of the report. 72 GE.09-17704