A/HRC/13/31 Turkmenistan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 1 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 1 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 1 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) N/A 0 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 579. The Working Group transmitted one newly-reported case to the Government concerning Boris Shikhmuradov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who disappeared on 25 December 2002 in Ashgabat. Information from sources 580. Information from sources was received on the case and did not lead to a clarification. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 581. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 3 cases to the Government, of those, 2 have been clarified on the basis of the information provided by the Government, and 1 remains outstanding. Observations 582. 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. 120 GE.09-17704