A/HRC/41/15/Add.1 Introduction 1. Cyprus underlines its deep commitment to the universal periodic review process as a vital component of its aim towards the better protection and promotion of human rights. 2. The 188 recommendations made during the review of Cyprus on 29 January 2019, have been the subject of extensive internal consultations between all line Ministries and the Office of the Law Commissioner. 3. Cyprus is in a position to accept 163 recommendations, representing well above 85% of the total recommendations made. These concern areas in which Cyprus intends to act in accordance with the recommendations or are actions that are already underway and/or are currently being implemented. 4. Cyprus partially accepts six (6) of the recommendations. These involve the ratification of or accession to a number of treaties. 5. Finally, Cyprus takes note of 19 recommendations, including those the Government agrees with their objective, but no commitment can be made as to their implementation, as they relate to the ongoing negotiations for finding a solution to the Cyprus problem and/or formulate inaccurate assumptions or are simply not applicable to Cyprus. Accession/ratification of implementation to international legally binding instruments 6. Cyprus accepts the following recommendations: 139.1, 139.3, 139.17, 139.18, 139.19, 139.102. 7. Cyprus partially accepts the following recommendations: 139.2, 139.12, 139.13, 139.14, 139.15. 8. Cyprus is willing to support part of the abovementioned recommendations dealing with the 1954 Convention relating to the status of Stateless Persons. The Government is committed to taking all necessary measures to re-submit to the House of Representatives for consideration and approval the ratification bill for the1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 9. Cyprus takes note of the following recommendations: 139.4, 139.5, 139.6, 139.7, 139.8, 139.9, 139.10, 139.11, 139.16, 139.20, 139.21. 10. These recommendations relate to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169. 11. Regarding the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, Cyprus is not, for the time being, in a position to consider accession for political reasons relating directly to certain sensitive aspects of the Cyprus problem. 12. Cyprus does not intend to proceed with accession to the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and the Members of Their Families, as this legal instrument falls within EU competence, and its ratification is subject to on-going discussion at EU level. Cyprus will act accordingly, if and when policy measures regulating the above subject are adopted by the European Union. Cyprus has already transposed the relevant EU acquis into national law, providing adequate protection in relation to the rights of migrants and the members of their families. 13. The ILO Domestic Workers Convention is a similar case. Most of its provisions are covered by the European Union acquis in the areas of social policy, anti-discrimination (employment equality, gender equality, maternity protection), judicial co-operation in 2