A/HRC/33/51 9. On 15 September 2015, former Chair-Rapporteur Ariel Dulitzky presented the annual report for the period 17 May 2014 to 15 May 2015, and its addenda, to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session, and participated in the interactive dialogue with Member States. 10. Between 8 and 12 June 2015, former Vice-Chair, Ms. Dzumhur, represented the Working Group during the twenty-second annual meeting of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. 11. On 22 October 2015, the Vice-Chair, Mr. Duhaime, addressed the General Assembly at its seventieth session and participated in the interactive dialogue with Member States. 12. The Working Group continues its practice of having one of its sessions per year outside Geneva. The Working Group held its 108th session in Rabat from 8 to 12 February 2016. The Working Group is grateful to the Government of Morocco for that opportunity. 13. On 11 March 2016, the Chair-Rapporteur, Ms. Es-Slami, participated in a commemorative event for the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 14. During the reporting period, all the members of the Working Group carried out a number of activities connected to enforced disappearances, which included their participation in conferences, consultations, seminars, training events, workshops and lectures, organized by Governments and/or civil society organizations. 15. The Working Group is thankful for the continuous support, including through voluntary contributions, provided by donor States, notably Argentina, France and Japan. It is also grateful for the support of the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights in the organization of an expert consultation on enforced disappearances and non-State actors on 7 February 2016 on the margins of the 108th session held in Rabat. 16. During the 109th session, the Working Group started discussing the development of guidelines relating to the handling and management of its archives. B. Meetings 17. During the period under review, representatives of the Governments of Burundi (108th); Egypt (109th), Japan (107th, 108th and 109th); Maldives (109th), Morocco (108th), Pakistan (109th), the Sudan (109th) and Ukraine (107th and 109th) attended the sessions of the Working Group. A number of informal meetings were also held with representatives from various States. The Working Group expresses its appreciation to those Governments for the meetings and emphasizes the importance of cooperation and dialogue. 18. The Working Group also met with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances during its 107th session. It also met with State representatives from the Latin American and Western regional groups during the 107th and 109th sessions, respectively, as well as representatives of international governmental organizations, relatives and associations of relatives of disappeared persons, and non-governmental organizations. The Working Group also met the President of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights during the 109th session. C. Communications 19. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 766 new cases of enforced disappearance to 37 States. 4