4 20 Uzbekistan 7 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19 10 Viet Nam 1 2 Yemen17 16 1 2 1 10 1 1 1 Response to other letter Response to general allegation Response to allegation letter Response to urgent appeal Response to prompt intervention letter Other letter General allegation Allegation letter 1 1 1 26 5 5 4 4 18 Urgent appeal 1 State of Palestine18 17 1 28 Zimbabwe 16 Prompt intervention letter Number of outstanding cases at the end of the reporting period Sources Number of cases of possible clarification by the Government (six-month rule) Number of cases clarified during the reporting period by: Government Standard cases Number of cases transmitted to the Government during the reporting period Urgent actions Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the reporting period 5 20 Uruguay Number of communications received during the reporting period During its 116th session, the Working Group had decided to transfer one case from the records of the United States of America to the records of Iraq. During the reporting period, a total of five cases were transmitted by the Working Group to the de facto authorities in Sana’a. These cases are not counted in the statistics of Yemen. The Working Group stresses that the cases addressed to the de facto authorities in Sana’a do not in any way imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any territory, city or area, or of its authorities. During the reporting period, a total of four cases were transmitted by the Working Group to Hamas. These cases are not counted in the statistics of the State of Palestine. The Working Group stresses that the cases addressed to Hamas do not in any way imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any territory, city or area, or of its authorities. A/HRC/45/13 14 United States of America16 Number of communications sent during the reporting period