A/HRC/13/31 100. In accordance with Act No. 2640, a financial management project that guarantees 80 per cent of payments to beneficiaries under the Act has been elaborated. Since August 2006, steps have been taken to obtain funds through international cooperation. Financial assistance has been requested from several institutions. The Inter-American Development Bank, USAID, the European Union and the Vice-Ministry for Public Investment and External Financing have turned down the request for cooperation under this heading and other agencies requested have not yet responded to the letters sent. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 101. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 48 cases to the Government; of those, 1 case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 19 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 28 remain outstanding. Observations 102. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It calls the Government to accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) N/A 0 General allegations Yes Government response No Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A General allegations Summary of the allegations 103. Information was submitted by sources concerning obstacles reportedly encountered in the implementation of the Declaration. This information was transmitted to the Government after its eighty-seventh session. GE.09-17704 25