A/HRC/13/6 mentioned in the national report and also on awareness-raising programmes to prevent discrimination. Senegal made recommendations. 61. Afghanistan noted that the guarantees of human rights and fundamental freedoms provided for in the Constitution were applicable to nationals, foreigners and persons without citizenship in Albania. It welcomed the establishment of the State Council of Minorities, the National Strategy for the Improvement of the Living Conditions of the Roma and the Committee for Equal Opportunity. It further enquired about the coordination of these institutions to achieve concrete results. Afghanistan made recommendations. 62. Latvia welcomed the good level of cooperation of Albania with United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms. While welcoming that Albania extended a standing invitation to all special procedures, Latvia invited all other countries to follow Albania’s example. 63. Azerbaijan sought information about measures that Albania had undertaken for the representation of different minority groups in the public administration and the development and implementation of policies aimed at countering the various forms of discrimination. Azerbaijan made recommendations. 64. Argentina welcomed the re-establishment of the freedom of religion or belief. Argentina raised concerns at the use of corporal punishment of children as a disciplinary method. Argentina made recommendations. 65. Malaysia commended Albania’s efforts to institutionalize respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms and its commitment to promote and protect human rights, evidenced by its accession to a number of international and regional human rights instruments. Malaysia made recommendations. 66. Jordan welcomed the establishment of the Ombudsman, an accredited national human rights institution. Albania acceded to a high number of international and regional human rights instruments with direct applicability and primacy over domestic laws. Jordan made a recommendation. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 67. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Albania and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Albania: 1. Consider signing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (Canada); 2. Sign and ratify CRPD and its Optional Protocol (Spain); 3. Ratify CRPD (Azerbaijan); 4. Consider ratifying CRPD and its Optional Protocol, and accomplish the human rights goals set by the Human Rights Council in resolution 9/12 (Brazil); 5. Consider accession to CRPD (Jordan); 6. Ratify the main international human rights instruments, particularly CRPD and its Optional Protocol (Chile); 7. Envisage the possibility of adhering to CRPD, which offers an important frame of reference in the area of promotion and protection of the rights of 13