A/HRC/13/31 Myanmar 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 5 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 5 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 5 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) No 4 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 375. The Government transmitted one communication dated 13 July 2009, concerning all cases. On the basis of this information the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule to four of the cases at its eighty-ninth session. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 376. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted seven cases to the Government; of those, two cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and five remain outstanding. Observations 377. 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. GE.09-17704 81