A/HRC/16/48 El Salvador Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 1 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 2,270 0 0 0 1 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2,271 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) 0 0 N/A Urgent appeals N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A Standard procedures 180. The Working Group transmitted one newly reported case to the Government. The case concerned Mr. Edward Francisco Contreras Bonifacio, allegedly abducted on 7 February 2007 by police officers when he was travelling by bus from his school to his home, in La Libertad. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 181. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 2,662 cases to the Government; of those, 73 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 318 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 2,271 remain outstanding. Observations 182. 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. 47