Roma       Roma  were  the  most  frequently  cited  minority  group  in  the  first  cycle  of  the  UPR   process.    It  is  important  to  mention  here  that  although  the  term  “Roma”  usually  covers   several  subgroups6,  a  few  recommendations  used  references  to  specific  Roma   communities  such  as  “Sinti”  or  “Traveller”.  Due  to  the  fact  that  the  word  Sinti  was   always  mentioned  together  with  the  word  Roma,  they  are  included  here.  (There  were   10  recommendations  made  on  the  situation  of  Sinti.  Germany  received  3  and  Italy   received  7.  With  one  exception,  all  were  accepted.)  However,  recommendations   referring  to  Travellers  are  discussed  separately  at  the  end  of  this  section.       As  the  charter  shows  below,  a  total  of  234  recommendations  mentioned  the  situation  of   Roma,  in  a  total  of  27  MSs,  all  in  the  Eastern  and  Western  European  region:  182   recommendations  were  made  to  the  Eastern  European  Group  and  52  to  the  Western   European  and  Other  Group.         Regional  groups  receiving   recommendations  on  Roma     EEG  (182)   WEOG  (52)                                     Overall,  states  under  review  accepted  218  of  these  recommendations,  an  acceptance   rate  of  93%.    The  below  chart  shows  the  top  10  MSs  with  most  Roma-­‐related   recommendations.                                                                                                                       6  The  term  “Roma”  used  at  the  Council  of  Europe  for  example  refers  to  Roma,  Sinti,  Kale  and  related   groups  in  Europe,  including  Travellers  and  the  Eastern  groups  (Dom  and  Lom),  and  covers  the  wide   diversity  of  the  groups  concerned,  including  persons  who  identify  themselves  as  Gypsies.     15