A/HRC/4/41 page 19 Argentina Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 3 375 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 82 (See paragraph 79) 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit a Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources N/A N/A Yes Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 3 358a Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 55 Government response Government response Government response N/A Yes Yes Seventeen cases were determined to be duplications and were subsequently deleted. Information from the Government 77. Communications reviewed by the Working Group during the last year, dated 15 March 2005, 20 September 2005 and 14 June 2006, contained a total of 82 replies to cases. The Working Group decided that in 55 cases, the replies had sufficient information on the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person and could constitute clarifications, provided the source did not raise an objection within six months (see paragraph 12). With respect to the remaining 27 cases, the Government responses were not considered sufficient to constitute clarifications. 78. The replies received by the Working Group included information from the Government involving 10 children who were born to women who were reported to the Working Group as disappeared. The Government informed the Working Group that these children were “located and their identities were reinstated”. The fate or whereabouts of the mothers of these children has not yet been clarified and their cases remain outstanding. 79. Another two communications dated 19 October and 3 November 2006 were received by the Working Group, but the information could not be translated by the United Nations translation services in time for consideration for inclusion in the present report. Information from sources 80. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Prompt intervention 81. On 18 October 2006, a prompt intervention letter (see paragraph 13) was sent by the Working Group to the Government of Argentina regarding alleged reprisals and witness protection. One witness, Ms. Nilda Eloy, who had testified at a trial of a perpetrator of