A/HRC/7/2 page 76 346. The Working Group thanks the Government for the reply to its request for a country visit, and looks forward to receiving proposed dates as soon as possible. 347. The Working Group encourages the Government to report on the further implementation of the recommendations emanating from the Working Group visits in 1991, 1992 and 1999. 348. The Working Group reminds the Government of Sri Lanka of its obligations under article 3 of the Declaration to “take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent and terminate acts of enforced disappearance in any territory under its jurisdiction”. Sudan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 163 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 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 14 5 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A Yes (in 2005) 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 172 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Standard cases 349. The Working Group transmitted 14 reported cases of disappearance to the Government. All missing persons were arrested in Gereida in September 2006 by the Minni Minnawi faction acting in cooperation with the Government. Information from the Government 350. A communication was sent by the Government on 29 June 2006 in which authorities stated that additional information on outstanding cases would be sent as soon as possible to the Working Group. Information from sources 351. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Clarifications 352. On 24 August 2006, the Government sent a communication to the Working Group regarding 12 cases. In five cases, the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule. Since no new observations were received from the source, these cases were clarified.