A/HRC/10/9 page 11 III. INFORMATION CONCERNING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REVIEWED BY THE WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES Afghanistan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 3 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 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 No N/A N/A N/A Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 3 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A 32. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. Algeria1 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 1 952 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 2 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 2 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 1 2 768 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases No N/A N/A Yes Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2 3 2 704 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A None See Annex 5 for the list of names of the newly-reported cases of disappeared persons. The Working Group determined that 15 outstanding cases were duplicated and were subsequently eliminated from its records.