A/HRC/7/2 page 9 requested that the Salvadorian Legislative Assembly should modify the 1993 Amnesty Law, in accordance with the Working Group’s general observation on article 18 of the Declaration. 24. The Working Group has requested visits to Algeria, Argentina, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, the Sudan and Timor-Leste. The scheduled visit to Argentina in March 2007 was postponed at the request of the Working Group, as the dates coincided with the presentation of the Working Group’s Annual Report to the Human Rights Council. The Working Group looks forward to a possible visit in 2008. The Governments of Sri Lanka, the Russian Federation and Indonesia stated that it would not be possible to schedule a visit by the Working Group in 2007 because other special rapporteurs would be visiting the country at that time. The Government of the Russian Federation indicated that it continues to be in agreement in principle with the visit, and asked that the time for the visit be reviewed after the completion of the process of assessment of the mandates of special procedures by the Human Rights Council. The Government of Indonesia stated that greater benefit would be derived if the Working Group visited at a later date. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to a visit by the Working Group in 2005, which was delayed at the request of the Government. The Working Group deeply regrets that Algeria has not responded to repeated requests by the Working Group to visit the country. The Working Group invites the Governments of Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines, the Sudan and Timor-Leste to respond to repeated interest expressed by the Working Group to visit these countries. D. Statements and general comments 25. To commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August, the Working Group issued a press release on 29 August 2007 to commemorate all victims of enforced disappearances. In the press release, the Working Group expressed its concern over the increasing number of cases of enforced disappearances around the world and reiterated its solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearances and human rights defenders helping the victims. 1. General comment on the definition of enforced disappearance 26. As a result of the development of international law, especially with respect to the definition of enforced disappearance, the Working Group decided to draft a general comment to provide a construction of the definition of enforced disappearance that is most conducive to the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance. In March 2007, during its eighty-first session, the Working Group adopted the following general comment: “General comment on the definition of enforced disappearance “Preamble “The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has referred in the past to the scope of the definition of enforced disappearance under the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (hereinafter the ‘Declaration’), particularly in its general comment on article 4 of the Declaration.