A/60/399
B.
Visits requested
27. The Special Rapporteur recalls that in its resolution 2005/40, the Commission
on Human Rights urged “all Governments to cooperate fully with the Special
Rapporteur and to respond favourably to her request to visit their countries so as to
enable her to fulfil her mandate even more effectively”. The following table contains
a list of States whose Governments requests for visits have been sent by the Special
Rapporteur as well as by her predecessor, the year of the request the number of
reminders sent and whether a reply has been received.
Table 2
List of States to which the Special Rapporteur wishes to be invited
State
Year of request, reminder(s)
Reply
Azerbaijan
2004, reminder in 2005
No reply
Bangladesh
Invitation extended
China
Invitation extended — to be
followed up by the Special
Rapporteur
Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea
1999, reminder in 2002
No reply
Egypt
2005
No reply
Eritrea
2004, reminder in 2005
No reply
Indonesia
1996, reminders in 1997, 20012005
Delayed the invitation
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Dates for visit requested in 2004
Invitation extended; no dates
proposed
Israel
1997, reminders in 1999-2002,
2005
Invitation extended
Kyrgyzstan
2004
No reply
Mauritius
Invitation extended
Russian Federation
1998, reminders in 1999, 2000,
2002, 2003-2005
Delayed the invitation
Turkmenistan
2003, reminder in 2005
No reply
United States of America
2005 (to visit Guantanamo)
Acknowledged receipt
Uzbekistan
2004, reminder in 2005
No reply
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