A/HRC/16/48 534. On 23 February 2010, the Government replied to the urgent appeal and stated that the information provided was not reliable. In addition, the Government indicated that Mr. Okpulatov was convicted and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by a judgment issued by the Samarkand provincial criminal court on 18 October 2005, which was upheld by a decision of the Samarkand provincial criminal court on 22 November 2005. It also indicated that Mr. Okpulatov is serving his sentence in institution UY 64/45 in Tashkent province. 535. In addition, the Government indicated that Mr. Okpulatov has been disciplined on several occasions for failing to comply with the lawful demands of the prison administration and breaching internal regulations. In this connection, it further indicated that criminal proceedings were instituted against him and that he was convicted by a judgment of the Navoi criminal court of 30 September 2009, and sentenced to imprisonment of three years and eight days to be served in a strict regime colony. Finally, it reported that his state of health is satisfactory and that, like any other convicted person, he receives medical care in a timely fashion. Information from the Government 536. The Government of Uzbekistan transmitted two communications dated 23 February and 16 August 2010. In the first communication, the Government replied to the joint urgent appeal sent on 29 January 2010, as reported above. The second communication concerned all outstanding cases and the information provided was considered insufficient to lead to their clarification. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 537. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 19 cases to the Government; of those, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 11 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 7 remain outstanding. Observations 538. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 10 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 10 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 9 0 No 117