A/HRC/4/41 page 45 Request for a visit 207. Following a decision of the Working Group at the seventy-eighth session, a request for a visit as part of a four-country initiative in Central America was sent to the Government of Honduras on 23 May 2006. The Government agreed and dates are being finalized for the mission to take place in February 2007. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 208. The majority of the 202 previously reported cases occurred between 1981 and 1984. Reportedly, the Armed Forces and heavily armed men in plain clothes seized people perceived to be ideological enemies and took them to clandestine detention centres. Four cases reportedly occurred in 1983 and concerned leaders of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers-Honduras, including a Jesuit priest, who were allegedly captured by the Honduran Army. Two of these persons were reportedly citizens of the United States. Allegedly, the United States Army and Central Intelligence Agency personnel may have helped the Honduran Army in the Olancho operation in which, according to the Honduran Army, these persons were killed. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 209. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted 203 cases to the Government; of those, 43 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 35 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government and 125 cases remain outstanding. Observations 210. The Working Group welcomes the invitation and cooperation of the Government of Honduras. India Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 325 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 3 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 1 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 1 Multiple replies on some cases N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 325 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 2 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A

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