A/HRC/4/40 page 14 Government concerned Republic of Korea Moldova Democratic Republic of the Congo Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Chad Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela Yemen Number of urgent appeals 1 Persons concerned Reply Persons released/ Information received by 2 men Reply to 1 2 5 2 men 13 men, 1 woman Reply to 1 No reply 2 (Source) 2 (Source) 4 16 men Reply to 3 4 (Source) 1 1 2 8 11 1 man 1 man 2 men 129 men 29 men No reply Reply to 1 Reply to 1 Reply to 2 Reply to 5 2 1 1 2 2 6 men, 1 minor 1 man 1 man 6 men, 3 women 14 men No reply No reply Reply to 1 No reply No reply 1 1 man No reply 4 1 1 18 men, 1 woman 1 man 1 man No reply No reply No reply 1 (Government) 34 (Source) 15 (Source) 1 (Source) 4 (Source) 1 (Source) 20. The Working Group wishes to thank the Governments that heeded its appeals and took steps to provide it with information on the situation of the persons concerned, and especially the Governments that released those persons. In other cases, the Working Group was assured that the detainees concerned would receive a fair trial. 21. The Working Group notes that 54 of its 156 urgent appeals were replied to, which amounts to 34.62 per cent. This figure is 3.5 per cent less than that for the same period last year. The Working Group therefore invites Governments to increase their cooperation with the Group under its urgent action procedure. B. Country missions 1. Request for visits 22. The Working Group has been invited to visit Equatorial Guinea and Norway, although no specific dates have yet been fixed. It has requested to visit Colombia, Italy and Sierra Leone, three countries which, in spite of having extended an open formal invitation to all the thematic