A/HRC/7/2 page 57 Nepal4 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 304 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 1 21 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 3 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A Yes N/A Yes 2 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 320 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response No N/A No Standard cases 240. The Working Group transmitted 21 cases to the Government under the standard procedure. The majority of the cases reportedly took place between 2001 and 2005, mainly in 2002. The subjects included a minor and a woman. Members of the Security Forces, the Nepalese Army and the police are allegedly responsible for these disappearances. Information from the Government 241. A communication was received from the Government on 5 January 2007, but no new information was provided regarding outstanding cases. The Working Group also received information from the Government of Nepal dated 10 September 2007, concerning one outstanding case. The Government informed the Working Group that the case had been transmitted to the authorities with a request for information. Information from sources 242. The source replied on two outstanding cases, indicating in one case that the victims had been released, and in another that the victim was no longer disappeared. Concerning another case, the source informed that the National Human Rights Committee transmitted a letter to the subject’s family acknowledging that he had been arrested and handed over to the Bhiman Army Barrack. Request for a visit 243. On 12 May 2006, the Working Group requested a visit to Nepal in order to follow up on the recommendations of its mission in 2004. The Working Group has not yet received a reply. 4 See annex V for the list of names of the newly reported cases of disappeared persons.