A/HRC/37/37/Add.1 V. Overview of States not yet visited by any mandate holder As at 31 December 2017, out of the 193 United Nations Member States, 169 States (87.6 %) have been visited by at least one special procedures mandate holder. A total of 24 States (12.4 %) have never been visited; 9 States have not yet received any request, 12 States have not yet accepted any request and 3 States have accepted requests for visits, however, they had not yet taken place as of 31 December 2017. Regional division of UN Member States not yet visited by any mandate (of the 24 in total) WEOG, 17% GRULA C, 25% African Group, 33% Asia Pacific Group, 25% States never visited, no request sent States never visited, request(s) sent (9 in total) (15 in total) Andorra Barbados Antigua and Barbuda Djiboutia Brunei Darussalam Eritrea Dominica Grenada Monaco Guinea Palau Lesothoe Saint Kitts and Nevis Libyab Saint Lucia Luxembourgc San Marino Micronesia Naurud Sao Tome e Principe Swaziland Tonga Vanuatu EEG, 0% Zimbabwe a Djibouti has been visited by the mandate holders on the situation of human rights in Somalia (2011) and in Eritrea (2013) but has not yet accepted a visit from other mandate holders concerning its human rights situation. b Libya accepted requests for country visits from several mandate holders; however all missions to the country had been postponed for security reasons until further notice. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of internally displaced persons conducted a visit to the country in January 2018. c Luxembourg accepted a visit request from the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children in 2015 (postponed/cancelled by mandate holder due to prior engagements). The request of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty in 2015 has not received a response. d The Special Rapporteur on the situation of migrants visited off-shore detention centers in Nauru during his country visit to Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016. e. Lesotho has accepted the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation 2018/2019 (dates to be agreed) 15

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