A/HRC/43/64/Add.1 IV. Statistics on standing invitations United Nations Regional Groups of Member States Number of standing invitations extended by States within their regional group Percentage of standing invitations extended within regional groups Percentage of standing invitations extended by regional groups African Group 29 out of 54 States 53% 23.02% Asia-Pacific Group 29 out of 53* States 54% 23.02% EEG 21 out of 23 States 91% 16.67% GRULAC 19 out of 33 States 57% 15.08% WEOG 28 out of 30* States 93% 22.22% Total 126 out of 193 United Nations Member States 100% *Not counting Kiribati and Turkey in Asia-Pacific group but in WEOG Regional distribution of standing invitation extended to special procedures WEOG 22% GRULAC 15% EEG 17% African Group Asia23% Pacific Group 23% NB. The State of Palestine, accorded non-Member Observer status on 29 November 2012 by General Assembly resolution 67/19, extended a standing invitation to the special procedures on 4 July 2014. 9