E/CN.4/2004/63 page 21 Table 5 Evolution of urgent appeals Year of report 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Number of Number of States States concerned urgent appeals concerned 6 5 Bangladesh, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq (2), Pakistan, Saudi Arabia 4 2 China (2), Egypt (2) 4 4 China, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of) (2), United Arab Emirates 2 2 China, United Arab Emirates 4 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) (3), Sudan 2 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq 1 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2 1 Afghanistan 3 2 China, Nigeria (2) 0 Table 6 Evolution of replies to communications Year of report Number of States concerned Number of States replying (the number in parenthesis corresponds to late responses) Percentage of replies to communications (the percentage in parenthesis includes the late responses) 1994 27 17 (5) 62.96 (85.18) 1995 50 10 (6) 20 (54) 1996 46 7 (17) 15.21 (36.95) 1997 49 15 (10) 30.61 (46.93) 1998 51 21 (13) 41.17 (52.94) 1999 46 22 (6) 47.82 (71.73) 2000 55 23 (10) 41.81 (61.81) 2001 53 16 (12) 30.18 (52.83) 2002 29 11 (16) 20.82 (87.50) 2003 24 7 (2) 29.16 (37.50) 2004 24 5 (16) 35.71 (40.47)