A/HRC/8/3 page 4 6. A brief statistical profile of the communications sent during the period under review shows that 127 communications were sent to 46 countries,2 including 58 urgent appeals and 69 allegation letters. The main issues covered in the communications were the death penalty (32), deaths in custody (23), the death penalty for minors (18), excessive use of force (15), impunity (11), attacks or killings (10), armed conflict (8) and death threats (6). 7. As in previous years, the proportion of Government replies received to communications sent during the period under review is problematically low. The precise percentage figures in this regard are provided in the communications addendum. B. Visits 1. Visits undertaken from 2007 to March 2008 8. Since I last reported to the Council, I have undertaken visits to the Philippines, Brazil and the Central African Republic. The final report on the Philippines is before the Council, and preliminary notes on the other two missions will be presented. In addition, follow-up reports on my previous missions to Nigeria and Sri Lanka are contained in A/HRC/8/3/Add.3. 2. Mission requests outstanding 9. As at March 2008, I had made requests to visit 32 countries and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Only eight of those - Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Lebanon, Peru, the Philippines and the United States of America - have actually proceeded with plans for a visit. The visit to Afghanistan is scheduled for May 2008 and the visit to the United States for June 2008. The visit to Peru was cancelled, and the Palestinian Authority issued an invitation. 10. The responses of the remaining 24 countries have ranged from complete silence through formal acknowledgement to acceptance in principle but without meaningful follow-up. In some cases, the relevant requests were first made some seven years ago. 11. States which have so far failed to respond affirmatively to requests for a visit are Algeria, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Guinea, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Kenya, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, Uganda, the United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Yemen. 2 The States are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.