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  1. 1South Africa1
  2. 1Norway1
  3. 1New Zealand1
  4. 1Netherlands1
  5. 1Taiwan1
  6. 1Namibia1
  7. 1Trinidad and Tobago1
  8. 1Seychelles1
  9. 1Singapore1
  10. 1Malawi1
  11. 1Senegal1
  12. 1Uruguay1
  13. 1Sweden1
  14. 1Canada1
  15. 1Finland1
  16. 1Botswana1
  17. 1Gabon1
  18. 1Ghana1
  19. 1Germany1
  20. 1Switzerland1
  21. 1Jamaica1
  22. 1United Arab Emirates1
  23. 1Costa Rica1
  24. 1Italy1
  25. 1Austria1
  26. 1Australia1
  27. 1Spain1
  28. 1Korea, Rep.1
  29. 1Denmark1
  30. 1Latvia1
  31. 1France1
  32. 1Brazil1
  33. 1Estonia1
  34. 1Belgium1
  35. 1Iceland1
  36. 1Barbados1
  37. 1Chile1
  38. 1Czechia1
  39. 1Lithuania1
  40. 1Ireland1
  41. 1Japan1
  42. 1Luxembourg1
  43. 1Cyprus1
  44. 2Mongolia0
  45. 2Gambia, The0
  46. 2China0
  47. 2Argentina0
  48. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  49. 2Central African Republic0
  50. 2Lebanon0
  51. 2Eritrea0
  52. 2India0
  53. 2Iraq0
  54. 2Cambodia0
  55. 2Guinea-Bissau0
  56. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  57. 2United Kingdom0
  58. 2Burundi0
  59. 2Kyrgyz Republic0
  60. 2Morocco0
  61. 2Hong Kong SAR, China0
  62. 2Honduras0
  63. 2Colombia0
  64. 2Equatorial Guinea0
  65. 2Montenegro0
  66. 2Cabo Verde0
  67. 2Bangladesh0
  68. 2Haiti0
  69. 2Sri Lanka0
  70. 2Cote d'Ivoire0
  71. 2Benin0
  72. 2Moldova0
  73. 2Kenya0
  74. 2Armenia0
  75. 2Albania0
  76. 2Djibouti0
  77. 2Malta0
  78. 2Bhutan0
  79. 2Israel0
  80. 2Dominican Republic0
  81. 2Comoros0
  82. 2Bahrain0
  83. 2Jordan0
  84. 2Congo, Rep.0
  85. 2Georgia0
  86. 2Cuba0
  87. 2North Macedonia0
  88. 2Guinea0
  89. 2Guatemala0
  90. 2Azerbaijan0
  91. 2Fiji0
  92. 2Libya0
  93. 2Myanmar0
  94. 2Hungary0
  95. 2Madagascar0
  96. 2Kazakhstan0
  97. 2Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  98. 2Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  99. 2Bulgaria0
  100. 2Lao PDR0
  101. 2Liberia0
  102. 2Algeria0
  103. 2Lesotho0
  104. 2Guyana0
  105. 2Cameroon0
  106. 2Ecuador0
  107. 2Afghanistan0
  108. 2Mexico0
  109. 2Ethiopia0
  110. 2Maldives0
  111. 2Croatia0
  112. 2Indonesia0
  113. 2Belarus0
  114. 2Kuwait0
  115. 2Greece0
  116. 2Burkina Faso0
  117. 2Angola0
  118. 2Mali0
  119. 2Bolivia0
  120. 2Togo0
  121. 2Niger0
  122. 2Nigeria0
  123. 2Nicaragua0
  124. 2Chad0
  125. 2Nepal0
  126. 2United States0
  127. 2Ukraine0
  128. 2Uganda0
  129. 2Oman0
  130. 2Pakistan0
  131. 2Tanzania0
  132. 2Panama0
  133. 2Peru0
  134. 2Philippines0
  135. 2Papua New Guinea0
  136. 2Poland0
  137. 2Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  138. 2Portugal0
  139. 2Turkiye0
  140. 2Paraguay0
  141. 2Mauritius0
  142. 2Qatar0
  143. 2Romania0
  144. 2Russian Federation0
  145. 2Tunisia0
  146. 2Rwanda0
  147. 2Saudi Arabia0
  148. 2Sudan0
  149. 2Mauritania0
  150. 2Solomon Islands0
  151. 2Sierra Leone0
  152. 2Timor-Leste0
  153. 2El Salvador0
  154. 2Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  155. 2Turkmenistan0
  156. 2Serbia0
  157. 2South Sudan0
  158. 2Tajikistan0
  159. 2Mozambique0
  160. 2Sao Tome and Principe0
  161. 2Suriname0
  162. 2Slovak Republic0
  163. 2Thailand0
  164. 2Slovenia0
  165. 2Eswatini0
  166. 2Syrian Arab Republic0
  167. 2Malaysia0
  168. 2Venezuela, RB0
  169. 2Zambia0
  170. 2Yemen, Rep.0
  171. 2Uzbekistan0
  172. 2Zimbabwe0
  173. 2Vanuatu0
  174. 2Viet Nam0

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