A/HRC/35/23/Add.2 E. Observations on Tabulation (A) 10. During the reporting period, many States have replied to one or more of the communications addressed to them (21 out of 45). The Special Rapporteur would like to thank all States who have responded substantively and in a timely manner to all or some of the communications sent (21). The assessment of individual cases in which the Special Rapporteur has intervened is an essential part of her work and she is grateful for the collaboration that she has received. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank particularly the Governments of Bahrain, Colombia, Cuba, France, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Lesotho Mexico, Myanmar, Singapore and Venezuela for having replied substantively (addressing all or some of the questions raised) and within the required deadline to all the communications addressed to them in the reporting period. 11. A handful of States did not submit a timely reply to any of the communications sent, or have submitted merely an acknowledgement of receipt, including: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Haiti, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Thailand, Uganda and Zambia. The responses from some of these States have arrived after the required deadline and for that reason fall outside of the reporting period of the present report. 12. In all instances where no responses were received, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments to provide substantive responses as soon as possible. 13. To provide a global perspective on the communications with States during the reporting period, the table below reflects the number of communications sent to each State and the number of replies of a substantive nature received from them within the required deadline. Such replies comprise both substantive replies and replies that address some substantive issues. Acknowledgements of receipt are not considered as replies for the purpose of this table, as they do not provide an effective response to the questions raised in the cases transmitted to Governments. 17