been prepared soon after her daughter's abduction on 28 June 1976 by government agents, from inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Montevideo, an incident which had led to the almost immediate breaking off of relations between Venezuela and Uruguay. The document considered the respective pros and cons of handing her daughter over to Venezuela or of not doing so. The authorities had decided not to hand her over. 70. The document and its contents, which the Government had certainly not communicated to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances were now public knowledge. The experts would appreciate that the very idea of not handing over Elena Quinteros Almeida was in itself an offence. Thus, senior officials decided to deny her daughter's arrest because they considered that such a course would be preferable and that the Government would not appear to have violated the right of diplomatic asylum. 71. She wished to ask the Sub-Commission to urge the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to request the Government of Uruguay to send it a copy of the secret document and the administrative file on the case, at present in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to request the Working Group to investigate the fate of her daughter and other disappeared Uruguayans, since there might be other documentation in existence relevant to other cases of disappearances. 72. Ms. GUZMAN (Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees) said that the practice of enforced or involuntary disappearances, which according to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances had occurred in 45 countries in 1989, was a matter of deep concern. The Working Group on Detention had therefore produced a draft declaration on the protection of all persons from enforced or 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a formal document discussing the abduction of a person and the subsequent actions taken by government agencies. The focus is on human rights and the protection of individuals from enforced or involuntary disappearances. The language used is formal and official, suggesting that it may be a report or a submission to a government body or international organization.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights