A/HRC/44/50/Add.4 Pacific region (30 per cent), 10 in the Europe and Central Asia region (6 per cent), and 27 in the Middle East and North Africa region (16 per cent), while 6 communications were addressed to other actors (3 per cent). ). The disparities in the percentages among regions does not indicate the number of alleged violations, it rather reflects the level of active engagement from civil society and victims with the mandate in each region. 11. Of the 168 communications sent during the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur received 105 responses to 79 communications, giving an average response-rate of 47 per cent, a sligltly lower rate than was noted in the last observations report of the mandate. While certain replies were simple acknowledgments of receips, the Special Rapporteur wishes to thank countries who have fully engaged and cooperated with his mandate and provided detailed information in response to the allegations addressed in the communications sent. 12. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur sent 13 communications concerning alleged acts of intimidation and reprisals against civil society activists for their cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights. During the reporting period, he sent communicatios about alleged acts of reprisls to the following countries: Cameroon, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, India, Israel, Malasya, Nicargua, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Viet Nam. In this, context, the Special Rapporteur wishes to reiterate that the Human Rights Council, in his resolution 22/6, strongly called upon all States to “refrain from, and ensure adequate protection from, any act of intimidation or reprisals against those who cooperate, have cooperated or seek to cooperate with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, or who have provided testimony or information to them. The resolution also urges States to ensure accountability for any acts of such intimidation or reprisal. The United Nations Secretary General, in his 2018 report to the Human Rights Council on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, reiterated that States must end acts of reprisal, investigate all allegations, provide effective remedies and adopt and implement measures to prevent reoccurrence (A/HRC/39/41). 5