A/HRC/11/37 People of all ethnicities in Tibet enjoyed wide-ranging human rights and freedoms inconceivable for Tibetan serfs under the rule of the Dalai Lama. The Central Government of China was sincere in its contacts and talks with the Dalai Lama’s personal representatives. The present obstacle lay in the Dalai clique’s refusal to give up its stance, which was virtually for Tibetan independence and non-stop activities to split China. 554. Concerning the political disturbance of 1989, the Government and people of China had already come to a clear conclusion. In 30 years of reform and opening up, China had attained tremendous achievements in economic and social development, proving that the socialism with Chinese characteristics followed by China was commensurate with its national particularities and the fundamental interests of the utmost majority of its people. 555. In the review process, the Chinese delegation had accepted recommendations from both developed and developing countries, concerning its economic, social and cultural rights as well as its civil and political rights. The fact that China had not accepted a few recommendations was due to complicated factors. Concerning all those recommendations, China affirmed its readiness to study them further. 556. Through its political, economic and social strategies and programmes, China would fully implement the accepted recommendations and the reasonable elements of other recommendations. China was confident that, when it returned for its second review, its national human rights report would be a scoreboard with inspiring human rights progress. Azerbaijan 557. The review of Azerbaijan was held on 4 February 2009 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the following documents: (a) the national report submitted by Azerbaijan in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/AZE/1); (b) the compilation prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/AZE/2); (c) the summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/AZE/3). 558. At its 17th and 18th meetings, on 11 June 2009, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review on Azerbaijan (see section C below). 559. The outcome of the review on Azerbaijan comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/11/20), the views of Azerbaijan concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, and its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (see also A/HRC/11/20/Add.1). 1. Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments and the outcome 560. Azerbaijan thanked all the countries that had participated in its review, adding that constructive recommendations made would undoubtedly contribute to furthering human rights protection and promotion in Azerbaijan. 561. The delegation of Azerbaijan announced that it had accepted the majority of recommendations in whole or in part. Various ministries and institutions had been involved in preparing its response to the recommendations, which were also discussed in the Ombudsman’s Office with governmental and non-governmental representatives. The Government was also considering establishing a working group of governmental and nongovernmental organization representatives for implementation. 142 GE.09-16766