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  1. 1Belize2
  2. 1Australia2
  3. 1Mauritius2
  4. 1Chile2
  5. 1Latvia2
  6. 1Sweden2
  7. 1Papua New Guinea2
  8. 1Spain2
  9. 1Lithuania2
  10. 1Grenada2
  11. 1St. Kitts and Nevis2
  12. 1Slovak Republic2
  13. 1Solomon Islands2
  14. 1Switzerland2
  15. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines2
  16. 1Malta2
  17. 1Andorra2
  18. 1Denmark2
  19. 1United Kingdom2
  20. 1Slovenia2
  21. 1Netherlands2
  22. 1Uruguay2
  23. 1Czechia2
  24. 1Suriname2
  25. 1St. Lucia2
  26. 1Iceland2
  27. 1Finland2
  28. 1Vanuatu2
  29. 1Costa Rica2
  30. 1France2
  31. 1Bahamas, The2
  32. 1San Marino2
  33. 1Samoa2
  34. 1Taiwan2
  35. 1Trinidad and Tobago2
  36. 1Barbados2
  37. 1Cyprus2
  38. 1United States2
  39. 1Norway2
  40. 1Germany2
  41. 1Tonga2
  42. 1Marshall Islands2
  43. 1New Zealand2
  44. 1Portugal2
  45. 1Estonia2
  46. 1Sao Tome and Principe2
  47. 1Liechtenstein2
  48. 1Luxembourg2
  49. 1Canada2
  50. 1Jamaica2
  51. 1Belgium2
  52. 1Ireland2
  53. 1Monaco2
  54. 1Palau2
  55. 1Dominica2
  56. 1Tuvalu2
  57. 1Cabo Verde2
  58. 1Austria2
  59. 1Japan2
  60. 1Kiribati2
  61. 2Lesotho1
  62. 2Senegal1
  63. 2Burkina Faso1
  64. 2Romania1
  65. 2Paraguay1
  66. 2Bulgaria1
  67. 2Sierra Leone1
  68. 2Poland1
  69. 2El Salvador1
  70. 2Philippines1
  71. 2Peru1
  72. 2Panama1
  73. 2Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  74. 2Serbia1
  75. 2Naoero1
  76. 2Nepal1
  77. 2Nicaragua1
  78. 2Bolivia1
  79. 2Nigeria1
  80. 2Niger1
  81. 2Namibia1
  82. 2Brazil1
  83. 2Malawi1
  84. 2Mauritania1
  85. 2Mozambique1
  86. 2Mongolia1
  87. 2Montenegro1
  88. 2Seychelles1
  89. 2Bhutan1
  90. 2Mali1
  91. 2Botswana1
  92. 2Madagascar1
  93. 2Moldova1
  94. 2Togo1
  95. 2Antigua and Barbuda1
  96. 2Timor-Leste1
  97. 2Liberia1
  98. 2Lebanon1
  99. 2Kuwait1
  100. 2Korea, Rep.1
  101. 2Tunisia1
  102. 2Argentina1
  103. 2Cote d'Ivoire1
  104. 2Kenya1
  105. 2Italy1
  106. 2Tanzania1
  107. 2Israel1
  108. 2Congo, Rep.1
  109. 2Uganda1
  110. 2Ukraine1
  111. 2Colombia1
  112. 2India1
  113. 2Comoros1
  114. 2Indonesia1
  115. 2Hungary1
  116. 2Haiti1
  117. 2Croatia1
  118. 2Benin1
  119. 2Albania1
  120. 2Hong Kong SAR, China1
  121. 2Guyana1
  122. 2Guatemala1
  123. 2Greece1
  124. 2Guinea-Bissau1
  125. 2Ghana1
  126. 2Georgia1
  127. 2Dominican Republic1
  128. 2Fiji1
  129. 2Afghanistan1
  130. 2South Africa1
  131. 3Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  132. 3Belarus0
  133. 3Oman0
  134. 3South Sudan0
  135. 3Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  136. 3Pakistan0
  137. 3Burundi0
  138. 3Bahrain0
  139. 3Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  140. 3Bangladesh0
  141. 3Qatar0
  142. 3Singapore0
  143. 3Russian Federation0
  144. 3Zimbabwe0
  145. 3Djibouti0
  146. 3Rwanda0
  147. 3Yemen, Rep.0
  148. 3Gabon0
  149. 3Guinea0
  150. 3Angola0
  151. 3Viet Nam0
  152. 3Gambia, The0
  153. 3Algeria0
  154. 3Equatorial Guinea0
  155. 3Venezuela, RB0
  156. 3Cuba0
  157. 3Uzbekistan0
  158. 3Honduras0
  159. 3Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  160. 3Iraq0
  161. 3Sudan0
  162. 3United Arab Emirates0
  163. 3Jordan0
  164. 3Cameroon0
  165. 3Kazakhstan0
  166. 3Turkiye0
  167. 3Kyrgyz Republic0
  168. 3Cambodia0
  169. 3China0
  170. 3Lao PDR0
  171. 3Zambia0
  172. 3Armenia0
  173. 3Libya0
  174. 3Turkmenistan0
  175. 3Sri Lanka0
  176. 3Ethiopia0
  177. 3Tajikistan0
  178. 3Eritrea0
  179. 3Thailand0
  180. 3Morocco0
  181. 3Central African Republic0
  182. 3Maldives0
  183. 3Chad0
  184. 3Mexico0
  185. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  186. 3North Macedonia0
  187. 3Syrian Arab Republic0
  188. 3Saudi Arabia0
  189. 3Myanmar0
  190. 3Brunei Darussalam0
  191. 3Eswatini0
  192. 3Malaysia0
  193. 3Azerbaijan0
  194. 3Ecuador0

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