A/HRC/10/9 page 8 disappeared are reviewed by it and processed by the Secretariat as an ongoing process. The Working Group is pleased to inform that as at the end of the present reporting period, there is no backlog of cases, due to the continuous support given by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Working Group thanks OHCHR and hopes to maintain the adequate level of staffing which it now enjoys. II. ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES: 1 DECEMBER 2007 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2008 A. Meetings 10. During the period under review, the Working Group held three sessions: the eighty-fourth from 10 to 14 March in Geneva, the eighty-fifth from 24 to 26 July in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the eighty-sixth from 26 November to 4 December 2008, in Geneva. 11. The Chairman-Rapporteur of the Working Group is Mr. Santiago Corcuera. The other members are Mr. Olivier de Frouville, Mr. Darko Göttlicher, Mr. Saied Rajaie Khorasani and Mr. Jeremy Sarkin. Mr. de Frouville and Mr. Sarkin were appointed in 2008. 12. On 11 March 2008, the Chairman-Rapporteur presented the Working Group’s annual report for 2007 to the seventh session of the Council and on 14 March participated in the interactive dialogue with its member States. On 17 March 2008, Mr. Göttlicher participated, on behalf of the Chairman-Rapporteur, at the review, rationalization and improvement of the mandate, as a result of which the Working Group was renewed for an additional three years. 13. On 22 May 2008, the Chairman-Rapporteur participated in a panel discussion on the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance, cosponsored by the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations and OHCHR. From 24 to 27 June 2008, Mr. Corcuera participated in the International Seminar on Enforced Disappearances in Bogotá organized by OHCHR in Colombia. From 23 to 27 June 2008, Mr. Göttlicher, on behalf of the Chairman-Rapporteur, attended the fifteenth annual meeting of special rapporteurs, representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the Council. On 24 and 25 November 2008, Mr. Corcuera represented the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures at the Regional Arrangements Workshop called for by Council resolution 6/20. 14. During the period under review, the Working Group met formally with representatives of the Governments of Argentina, Iraq, Japan, Montenegro, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Upon the initiative of the Working Group, meetings were requested with all regional groups and held with the Asian and the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Groups. The Working Group looks forward to meeting all other regional groups in the future, as part of an ongoing initiative. The Working Group also met with representatives of human rights non-governmental organizations and associations of relatives of disappeared persons and families or witnesses. B. Communications 15. During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 1,203 new cases of enforced disappearance to the Governments of Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad,