A/HRC/7/2 page 45 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 178. In previous years and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted 530 cases to the Government; of those, 13 cases were clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 4 were clarified based on information provided by the source, and 513 cases remain outstanding. Iraq Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 16 387 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 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 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 16 387 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 179. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 180. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Meetings 181. The Government of Iraq met with the Working Group at its eighty-second session to discuss the large number of outstanding cases. On 9 September 2007, the Government submitted a communication regarding this meeting. The communication could not be translated by the United Nations translation services in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 182. In previous years and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted 16,517 cases to the Government; of these, 107 were clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 23 were clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, and 16,387 cases remain outstanding.