A/HRC/4/41 page 42 Press release 191. Press releases were issued prior to and following the mission to Guatemala in September 2006. 192. On the last day of the mission, the Working Group held a press conference in Guatemala City, which was well attended by the media. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 193. The majority of the 3,152 cases reported to the Working Group occurred between 1979 and 1986, mainly under the military regime and in the context of the Government’s fight against the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG). 194. In 2002 the Working Group received one new case of enforced disappearance that concerned a 14-year-old boy who was reported by the police to have died after he was allegedly run over by a police patrol in Chiquimula. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 195. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted 3,155 cases to the Government; of those, 79 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 177 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 2,899 cases remain outstanding. Observations 196. The Working Group is grateful to the Government for the invitation and calls on the Government to implement the recommendations contained in the above-mentioned mission report, and requests that the Government and sources provide information on the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared persons, concerning many of whom no information has been received for several years. Guinea Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 21 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 21 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

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents