A/HRC/7/2 page 32 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A Yes Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A Yes Information from the Government 112. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 113. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Mission 114. Following a decision of the Working Group at its seventy-eighth session, a request for a visit as part of a four-country initiative in Central America was sent to the Government on 23 May 2006. The Government agreed and the Working Group undertook a mission to El Salvador from 5 to 7 February 2007 (A/HRC/7/2/Add.2). Press releases 115. Press releases were issued prior to and following the mission to El Salvador in February 2007. On the last day of the mission, the Working Group held a press conference in El Salvador, which was well attended by the media. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 116. In previous years and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted 2,661 cases to the Government; of those, 73 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 318 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government and 2,270 cases remain outstanding. Observations 117. The Working Group is grateful to the Government for the invitation extended to the Working Group to conduct a mission. The Working Group looks forward to receiving the report on measures taken to implement the recommendations included in the report on the country visit.

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