A/HRC/7/2 page 8 B. Communications 16. During the period under review, the Working Group transmitted 629 new cases of enforced disappearances to the Governments of Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, China, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Honduras, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. 17. The Working Group sent 65 of these cases under the urgent action procedure to the Governments of Algeria, Bahrain, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Honduras, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Rwanda and Sri Lanka. 18. Of the newly reported cases, 84 allegedly occurred during the reporting period and relate to Algeria, Bahrain, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation and Sri Lanka. 19. During the same period, the Working Group clarified 224 cases in the following countries: Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Honduras, India, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey and Yemen. Of those, 213 cases were clarified based on information provided by the Government and 12 cases were clarified based on information provided by sources. 20. During the reporting period, the Working Group sent two prompt intervention communications addressing harassment of and threats to human rights defenders and relatives of disappeared persons in Algeria and India. 21. The Working Group also sent 10 general allegations to the Governments of Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka and the United States of America. During its eighty-third session, the Working Group reviewed a number of general allegations from different regions of the world. The Working Group decided to transmit them to the respective Governments, and invites them to comment thereon if they so wish. Summaries of the general allegations considered during the eighty-third session, including government responses, if any, will be included in the 2008 annual report. C. Country visits 22. At the invitation of the Government, Working Group members Santiago Corcuera and Darko Göttlicher, with staff from the Secretariat, visited Honduras from 31 January to 2 February and El Salvador from 5 to 7 February 2007. The missions took place as part of a regional visit to Central American countries with significant numbers of outstanding cases. 23. The reports of the country visits to Honduras and El Salvador are contained in addenda to this report. Among other recommendations, the Working Group recommended to the Government of Honduras that the legislature enact a law defining enforced disappearances as an autonomous crime in the Honduran Penal Code. With respect to El Salvador, the Working Group