A/HRC/39/46 12. On 5 February 2018, the Working Group held a public event on enforced disappearances in the twenty-first century at the margins of its 114th session in Brussels. 1 13. 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. 14. The Working Group is thankful for the continuous support, including through voluntary contributions, provided by donor States, notably, France, Japan and the Republic of Korea. B. Meetings 15. During the period under review, representatives of the Governments of Argentina (113th), Angola (113th), Bahrain (113th); Egypt (113th and 115th), Japan (113th, 114th and 115th), Mexico (114th), Morocco (113th, 114th and 115th), Pakistan (115th), Portugal (113th, 114th and 115th), Sudan (115th), Thailand (115th), Turkmenistan (113th and 115th) and Viet Nam (114th) 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. C. Communications 16. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 802 new cases of enforced disappearance to 40 States. 17. The Working Group transmitted 264 of the above-mentioned cases under the urgent action procedure to 21 States. 18. The Working Group clarified 404 cases in 17 States. Of the 404 cases, 337 were clarified on the basis of information provided by Governments and 67 on the basis of information provided by sources. 19. The Working Group transmitted 9 prompt intervention communications addressing allegations of harassment of and/or threats to human rights defenders and relatives of disappeared persons in: Egypt (4), Guatemala (1), India (1), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (2) and Pakistan (1). 20. The Working Group transmitted 14 urgent appeals concerning persons who had been arrested, detained, abducted or otherwise deprived of their liberty or who had been forcibly disappeared or were at risk of disappearance in: Afghanistan (1), Azerbaijan (1), Bahrain (1), Burundi (1), China (1), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1), Egypt (2), Iraq (1), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Saudi Arabia (1) and Sudan (1). 21. The Working Group transmitted 10 general allegations — related to obstacles in the implementation of the Declaration — to the Governments of: Algeria (1), Burundi (1), China (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1) and Uruguay (1). 22. It also transmitted 10 other letters addressing issues related to enforced disappearances to the Governments of: Argentina (1), Chad (1), Egypt (1), Guatemala (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (2), Nepal (1), Peru (1) and Uganda (1). 1 4 See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Disappearances/EnforcedDisappearance21stCentury.pdf.