A/72/365 cycles following the initial 2011/12 cycle had already reporte d at least once (with the remaining 37 per cent of respondents reporting for the first time). Table 1 Number of countries reporting on the implementation of the action plan set out in Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 (by regional group) Western European and others group AsiaPacific group African group Eastern European group Latin American and Caribbean group Total respondents April 2016-March 2017 5 6 2 1 3 18 October 2015-August 2016 4 5 1 4 4 18 April 2014-January 2015 1 2 0 0 2 15 August 2014-October 2015 2 4 1 4 6 17 March 2013-April 2014 10 5 0 9 0 24 October 2013-August 2014 8 3 0 3 2 16 August 2012-October 2013 9 5 1 6 5 26 December 2011-August 2012 5 5 2 4 5 21 Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 65. Overall, a total of just 17 per cent of States from the Western European and others group, 11 per cent of the Eastern European States, 6 per cent of the Latin American and Caribbean States, 5 per cent of Asia -Pacific States and 1 per cent of African States have reported on their efforts to implement resolution 16/18 to date. To the extent that reporting is critical to the success of the resolution, the Special Rapporteur encourages all Member States to increase their efforts to ensure comprehensive and timely reporting. The Special Rapporteur also encourages stakeholders to invite non-State actors to submit information to OHCHR on progress achieved in the implementation of the resolution. B. Universal periodic review 66. The Special Rapporteur notes that the universal periodic review has been underutilized as a mechanism for promoting the right to freedom of religion or belief (A/HRC/34/50). The top five issues reviewed during the first two universal periodic review cycles represented 73 per cent of the more than 55,000 recommendations offered. These include recommendations for ratifying or fulfilling international instruments, promoting the human rights of women and children, prohibiting torture and improving various aspects of the administration of justice. Recommendations related to the right to freedom of religion or belief constituted less than 3 per cent of recommendations, as did such interrelated rights as the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly (see figure II). States accepted 843, or 63 per cent, of universal periodic review recommendations involving the right to freedom of religion or belief (which is 10 per cent less than the overall acceptance rate for recommendations related to the top five issues). A total of 63 per cent of universal periodic review recommendations involving the right to religion or belief either addressed manifestations of intolerance and their aggravating factors or encouraged measures for combating various forms of intolerance based on religion or belief (see table 2). 18/24 17-14822