A/70/309 B. Country visits 1. Netherlands 5. The Working Group undertook a country visit to the Netherlands from 26 June to 4 July 2014. It issued a statement to the press following its visit . 1 A full account of its findings and recommendations is contained in its report submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session (A/HRC/30/56/Add.1). 2. Sweden 6. The Working Group undertook a country visit to Sweden from 1 to 5 December 2014. It issued a statement to the press following its visit. A full account of its findings and recommendations is contained in its report submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session ( A/HRC/30/56/Add.2). 3. Italy 7. The Working Group undertook a country visit to Italy from 1 to 5 June 2015. It issued a statement to the press following its visit. It will submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the Human Rights Council in September 2016. 4. Upcoming visits 8. The Working Group will visit the United States of America from 19 to 28 January 2016 at the invitation of the Government. 9. The Government of Israel has invited the Working Group to visit the country in 2015. The Working Group has proposed the dates of 13 to 17 December, which are under consideration by the Government. 10. The Government of Jamaica has extended an invitation for the Working Group to visit the country in 2016. The Governments of Madagascar and Mauritania have also extended such invitations. 11. The Working Group wishes to thank all the Governments that have cooperated with it and invited it to undertake country visits. C. Communications 12. During the reporting period, the Working Group sent 12 communications, to the Dominican Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa and the United States, regarding allegations falling under its mandate. 13. The communications sent and replies received are included in the following joint communications reports by special procedures mandate holders submitted to the Human Rights Council: A/HRC/30/27, A/HRC/29/50 and A/HRC/28/85. Those periodic reports include brief summaries of allegations communicated to States or other entities, with hyperlinks to the text of the communications sent and responses received. __________________ 1 4/9 All press statements are available from www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/ Pages/WGEPADIndex.aspx. 15-13565