A/HRC/13/31 Cameroon 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 15 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 1 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 15 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) No 0 General allegations 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 Information from the Government 113. Two communications were received from the Government on 7 January and 17 June 2009. The first provided information on one case but it was insufficient to clarify it. The second was not translated in time for inclusion in this report. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 114. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 19 cases to the Government; of those, 4 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government; 15 remain outstanding. Observations 115. The Working Group notes that the Government has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and calls upon the Government to ratify it and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. 28 GE.09-17704