A/HRC/22/45 Meetings 164. Representatives of the Government of Guatemala met with the Working Group at its ninety-eighth session. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 165. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 3,155 cases to the Government; of those, 79 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 177 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, and 2,899 remain outstanding. Observations 166. The Working Group thanks the Government of Guatemala for its response to the general allegation. The Working Group recalls article 9 of the Declaration, which concerns ―The right to a prompt and effective judicial remedy as a means of determining the whereabouts or state of health of persons deprived of their liberty and/or identifying the authority ordering or carrying out the deprivation of liberty is required to prevent enforced disappearances under all circumstances‖; article 13.6, which states that ―An investigation, in accordance the [relevant] procedures…, should be able to be conducted for as long as the fate of the victim of enforced disappearance remains unclarified‖; article 18.1, which affirms that ―Persons who have or are alleged to have committed [acts of enforced disappearances] shall not benefit from any special amnesty law or similar measures that might have the effect of exempting them from any criminal proceedings or sanction.‖; and the General Comment of the Working Group on article 18 of the Declaration (2005). Guinea Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 21 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government 0 0 0 Non-governmental sources 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 21 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 N/A 0 Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A 167. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and no regrettably response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in document E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1. 58