A/HRC/10/9 page 29 Observations 129. The Working Group notes the positive steps taken by the Governments of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Japan and is hopeful that new investigations may be carried out and lead to the clarification of the outstanding cases. Democratic Republic of the Congo Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 43 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 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 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 43 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A 130. 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 and A/HRC/7/2. Dominican Republic Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2 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 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 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 2 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A