A/HRC/16/48 Declaration, and ensure access to those family members who might not be able to attend the Working Group’s sessions in Geneva. There are however a number of States from which the Working Group has requested invitations to visit and which have not been forthcoming. There are others which have informally invited and/or confirmed invitations but for which specific dates to visit have not been agreed. The Working Group therefore requests all States with pending requests for visits and those that have agreed to visits to respond as soon as possible with specific dates. 583. The Working Group notes that a few States have requested additional information with regard to some cases. In this connection, the Working Group would like to recall its methods of work, according to which a series of minimum elements are required for a case to be admissible. Paragraph 10 of the Working Group’s methods of work states: “In order to enable Governments to carry out meaningful investigations, the Working Group provides them with information containing at least a minimum of basic data. In addition, the WGEID constantly urges the senders of reports to furnish as many details as possible concerning the identity of the disappeared person and the circumstances of the disappearance”. 584. The Working Group notes with satisfaction that, as of 1 December 2010, 87 States have signed and 21 States have ratified the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The Convention, which will enter into force on 23 December 2010, will help strengthen the capacities of States to reduce the number of disappearances and will bolster the hopes and the demands for justice and truth by victims and their families. The Working Group once again calls upon Governments that have not signed and/or ratified the Convention to do so as soon as possible so that the Convention can enter into force in the near future. It also calls upon States, when ratifying the Convention, to accept the competence of the Committee to receive individual cases, under article 31, and inter-State complaints under article 32 of the Convention. 585. The Working Group again reminds States that it has insufficient resources to effectively exercise its mandate, particularly in relation to human resources, where there is an acute need. During the reporting period, the Working Group had two staff members supported by the regular budget, which is insufficient given the workload. Previously this has been enhanced through additional resources (an extra two or three staff members) provided through extrabudgetary funding, but this has been unsustainable. The Working Group would like to be able to provide more assistance to States but this requires additional human resources. 586. The Working Group is gratified that to further combat the practice of enforced disappearances in its 30th anniversary year, and at its request, the United Nations is taking steps to declare 30 August, the day already commemorated by civil society around the world, as International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. 587. Noting that 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, the Working Group encourages all States to translate it with no distinction between languages and dialects since all serve the purpose of assisting in its global dissemination and the ultimate goal of prevention of enforced disappearances. 125