A/HRC/13/31 Observations 121. 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. Chile 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: 8 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 816 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 17 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 8 0 8071 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) Yes 1 General allegations 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 122. The Government transmitted two communications dated 18 August 2008 and 24 March 2009. In the first communication the Government provided information on 17 cases. Based on the information received from the Government, the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule to eight cases. Concerning the other eight cases, the information provided did not lead to clarification. On the remaining case, the Government provided information on the correct spelling of the name of the victim. 123. In the second communication, the Government provided information on three cases. For one case, the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule at its eighty-ninth session, for another case the Working Group sent the information received to sources for validation. Concerning the third case, the Government informed the Working Group that the name of the victim does not correspond to any case included in the records of the National Truth and Reparation Commission or to the National Reparation and Reconciliation Board. 1 30 The Working Group determined that one case was duplicated and was subsequently eliminated from its records. GE.09-17704