A/HRC/10/29 undertaken by Uzbekistan to implement the recommendations made during the Working Group, noting the development of a national plan of action. 683. Malaysia was pleased to note that Uzbekistan had accepted a large number of recommendations made by Member States, including those focusing on the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights. This was particularly important in the light of the current global financial crisis affecting the socio-economic conditions of many developing countries. Malaysia viewed this as a positive and constructive approach on the part of Uzbekistan and encouraged the Government of Uzbekistan to take the necessary measures to implement the recommendations effectively. 684. The Philippines welcomed the responses of Uzbekistan, particularly its readiness to continue its comprehensive cooperation with all special procedures of the Council. The Philippines noted that the draft law on guarantees of equal rights and opportunities for women and men had been included in the plan of legislative activities of the Government for 2009. The Philippines welcomed the steps taken by the Government with regard to the promotion and protection of the rights of children by noting Uzbekistan’s ratification of the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, as well as ILO Conventions Nos. 138 and 182 with respect to the minimum age of labour and the worst forms of child labour. 685. Bahrain noted that Uzbekistan had drawn up a national plan and had also taken measures to guarantee the rights of the child through legislation by tackling trafficking in persons. It had ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on trafficking in children and on children in armed conflict. Uzbekistan had signed two ILO conventions to put an end to child labour and to set up a national programme directed at eliminating the worst forms of child labour, while imposing serious penalties on parents and others who forced children to work. Bahrain indicated that Uzbekistan, like other countries, had signed the Millennium Declaration on an ideal world for children and the Government was committed to improving the situation of children and endeavouring to establish a programme to this end from 2009 to 2011. 686. Algeria congratulated the Government of Uzbekistan on its progress in promoting and implementing human rights standards. The constructive participation of Uzbekistan in the universal periodic review and its voluntary acceptance of a large number of the recommendations was testimony to that commitment. Algeria welcomed the measures taken to implement some of the recommendations and encouraged the Government to continue its efforts to enshrine human rights standards. Algeria called upon the United Nations agencies concerned to cooperate closely with the country to allow it to meet these challenges. 687. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland sought clarification and requested correction on paragraph 48 (c), which did not exist but was referred to in paragraph 107 of the report of the Working Group as one of the recommendations not accepted by the Government of Uzbekistan. The United Kingdom expressed its ongoing concern over the number of imprisoned human rights defenders. It also expressed its disappointment that certain paragraphs referred to in paragraph 107 had been dismissed by Uzbekistan as factually wrong without due consideration. (c) General comments made by other relevant stakeholders 688. Civicus – World Alliance for Citizen Participation welcomed the new laws adopted on non-governmental and non-profit organizations, and asked the Government to report publicly, accurately and comprehensively how these laws had been implemented and what had been done in relation to various recommendations to improve the protection of civil 200 GE.09-17451