A/HRC/4/41 page 23 Bhutan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 5 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 4 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 5 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 99. The Government of Bhutan replied on four outstanding cases concerning members of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) who disappeared in 2003. The Government reported that in December 2003 it had a policy of removing ULFA foreign militants from Bhutan after all efforts to find a peaceful solution had failed. It is reportedly not known if the subjects crossed the border themselves or were arrested and handed over to the relevant Indian authorities. Information from sources 100. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 101. The five outstanding cases occurred in 2003 and were transmitted to the Government in 2004. Of these, four cases concerned members of the ULFA who were allegedly arrested by the Bhutanese army and subsequently handed over to the Indian Army. In accordance with its methods of work, the Working Group sent copies of these four cases to the Government of India (see section on India, paragraph 217). The other case concerned the Publicity Secretary of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland who was reportedly arrested by the Bhutanese army at a hotel in Thimphu and subsequently disappeared. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 102. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted five cases to the Government, and all of them remain outstanding.