A/HRC/13/31 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 550. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and regrettably no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in document E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. Observations 551. 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. Thailand Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 55 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 10 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 523 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) Yes 1 General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter Yes Government response Yes Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A Information from the Government 552. The Government transmitted three communications to the Working Group dated 9 March, 2 April and 19 June 2009. The first communication was a response to a joint communication transmitted on 19 February 2009. The second communication concerned information on seven cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify them, as well as three possible duplications. The third communication concerned one case and, based on this 3 GE.09-17704 The Working Group determined that three outstanding cases were duplicates and were subsequently eliminated from its records. 113