A/HRC/28/41 Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hungary Iceland India 21 April 2006 March 2001 April 2001 7 May 2010 12 May 2010 March 2001 September 2000 14 September 2011 Iraq Ireland Islamic Republic of Iran Italy Japan Jordan 16 February 2010 March 2001 24 July 2002 Kazakhstan 28 July 2009 Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania 13 September 2010 March 2001 17 March 2011 15 March 2012 21 January 2003 March 2001 March 2001 1 March 2011 20 April 2006 March 2001 Slovenia 6 May 2011 Solomon islands 17 July 2003 South Africa March 2001 Spain March 2001 Sweden April 2002 Switzerland 4 November 2011 Thailand The former Yugoslav 13 October 2004 Republic of Macedonia 25 January 2013 Tonga March 2001 Turkey 28 February 2011 Tunisia Tuvalu Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Uruguay 26 April 2013 23 June 2006 March 2001 Vanuatu Zambia State of Palestine 12 May 2009 16 July 2008 30 July 2014 18 March 2005 Percentages on regional representation relating to standing invitations (as at December 2014) United Nations Regional Groups of Member States Number of standing invitations extended per region (total number of States within that region) 20 (out of 54 States) 22 (out of 53 States*) African Group Asia-Pacific Group Eastern European 21 (out of 23 States) Group Latin American and Caribbean Group 18 (out of 33 States) (GRULAC) Western European and Others Group 28 (out of 30 States) (WEOG) 109 (of 193 States*) Total Percentage of standing Percentage of standing invitations extended invitations extended per regional group out compared to the total of the total of 109 number of States within that region 18 per cent 37 per cent 20 per cent 41 per cent 19 per cent 91 per cent 17 per cent 55 per cent 26 per cent 93 per cent 100 per cent * Kiribati, even though not a member of any regional group, has for statistical purposes been added to the Asia-Pacific Group. 28