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WEOG-GRULAC 100 86 63 85 61 76WEOG-WEOG 0 74 43 42 36 45More so than for any other region WEOG recommendations were heavily weightedtowards Categories 4 and 5. This was true for WEOG recommendations across all regions.Interestingly, WEOG had the lowest acceptance rate of recommendations coming from its ownregion. The behaviour of WEOG states, including their low acceptance rate on the surfacesuggests a lack of willingness to improve human rights situations in WEOG countries. It may,however, reflect a greater realism than other regions about which recommendations can actuallybe implemented meaningfully.Table 14Percentage of Accepted Recommendations Within RegionsAfrica-Africa 92Asia-Asia 93EEG-EEG 58GRULAC-GRULAC 80WEOG-WEOG 45This table shows that Asia and Africa (and, to a slightly lesser extent GRULAC) weremost inclined to accept recommendations coming from within their own regions. This,26