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State Under Review Year N.Rev. Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 States comprising Group I of the Review Process State under review Year N.Rev. Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Algeria 1 2 Tunisia Mongolia Andorra 1 1 Israel Vanuatu Argentina 1 2 Panama Republic of Korea Armenia 1 2 State of Libya Montenegro Bahrain 1 2 Ghana Philippines Belarus 1 3 Armenia Sao Tome and Principe Belize 1 2 Burkina Faso Saint Kitts and Nevis Bolivia - Plurinational State of 1 1 Argentina Guinea-Bissau Brunei Darussalam 1 2 Nepal Israel Cabo Verde 1 2 Kenya Estonia Democratic Republic of Cambodia 1 2 Kazakhstan the Congo Chad 1 2 Gambia Jordan Cook Islands 1 1 Eritrea Samoa Côte d’Ivoire 1 3 Ethiopia Dominica Cyprus 1 2 European Union Fiji Djibouti 1 3 Niger Germany Dominica 1 3 Haiti Burundi Dominican Republic 1 1 Spain Guatemala Egypt 1 1 San Marino Cameroon Venezuela - Bolivarian Ethiopia 1 2 Angola Republic of Georgia 1 1 Belarus Indonesia Ghana 1 3 Oman Liberia Greece 1 2 Republic of Korea European Union Guatemala 1 3 Azerbaijan Chile Guinea-Bissau 1 2 Cote d’Ivoire Belgium Guyana 1 2 Serbia Costa Rica Iceland 1 2 Australia China Iraq 1 1 Senegal Saudi Arabia Ireland 1 2 Malaysia Iceland Israel 1 2 Singapore Luxembourg Italy 1 2 Finland Cabo Verde Jordan 1 3 State of Palestine Comoros Kazakhstan 1 3 Cyprus Poland Latvia 1 2 Slovenia Lebanon Luxembourg 1 2 Germany Suriname Maldives 1 1 Bangladesh Comoros Democratic People’s Marshall Islands 1 1 North Macedonia Republic of Korea Mauritania 1 2 Slovakia Mali Mozambique 1 3 Algeria Belgium Nauru 1 2 Cabo Verde Kazakhstan Nepal 1 2 Viet Nam Saint Lucia Nicaragua 1 3 Sudan Costa Rica Nigeria 1 2 Barbados Mauritius Pakistan 1 1 Djibouti Tonga Poland 1 3 Central African Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Qatar 1 2 Namibia Thailand Republic of Korea 1 3 Latvia Turkmenistan Republic of Moldova 1 2 Honduras Poland Russian Federation 1 1 Syrian Arab Republic Slovakia Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 3 Mexico Greece Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 2 Ecuador Cote d’Ivoire South Africa 1 2 Panama Algeria State of Libya 1 2 Kenya Cambodia Sudan 1 1 Kenya Dominica Sweden 1 2 Brazil Italy Switzerland 1 2 Denmark Hungary Democratic Republic of Uganda 1 2 Lithuania the Congo Ukraine 1 2 Poland Fiji United Kingdom 1 2 Honduras Greece Vanuatu 1 1 Uganda Cook Islands Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic 1 2 MalaWi Antigua and Barbuda of Zambia 1 2 Oman Nigeria .
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