A/HRC/13/31 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 Standard procedures 546. The Working Group transmitted 10 newly-reported cases to the Government. The disappearances of Khalaf Abdel Baki, Kawa Oscan, Munzer Oscan, Nidal Oscan, Riad Oscan, Bengin Rasho, Kadar Ali Rasho, Lokman Rasho all members of the Kurdish Community of Kamishli, and of Nabil Khlioui that took place in 2008. The disappearance of Mohammed Osama Shusha took place in 2009. Information from the Government 547. The Working Group received three communications from the Government. The first two communications, dated 28 October 2008 and 11 March 2009, stated the same information concerning five cases. Based on this information, at its eighty-ninth session, the Working Group applied the six-month rule to one case. The third communication, dated 21 October 2009, could not be translated in time for inclusion in the present report. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 548. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 54 cases to the Government; of those, 14 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 12 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 28 remain outstanding. Observations 549. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Tajikistan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 6 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 112 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 6 Multiple replies on some cases N/A Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) 0 GE.09-17704