A/HRC/32/8 public services. This plan was being finalized and was due to be adopted during the course of 2016. 136. Belgium considered that technological developments over recent years had made the right to privacy more relevant than ever. The Government attached great importance to the right to privacy and had organized consultations to discuss the issue with various stakeholders. The Commission on Privacy Protection was an independent regulatory body that played an important role in that regard. 137. In conclusion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs thanked the delegations participating in the interactive dialogue for their questions and recommendations. He recalled that Belgium had supported the principles that formed the basis of the universal periodic review since its inception and noted that domestic follow-up mechanisms had been established to monitor the implementation of the recommendations made during the universal periodic review and by other international human rights bodies. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 138. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Belgium and enjoy the support of Belgium: 138.1 Continue efforts to clear the backlog observed in the process of ratification of certain legal instruments, in accordance with the recommendations formulated in its first universal periodic review of Belgium (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 138.2 Make the necessary adjustments to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Chile); 138.3 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish a national preventive mechanism in accordance with the Optional Protocol (Norway); 138.4 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture as rapidly as possible and establish a national preventive mechanism in accordance with it (Kazakhstan); 138.5 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture as soon as possible and establish an independent national preventive mechanism in compliance with the requirements of the Optional Protocol (Liechtenstein); 138.6 Speed up the process of ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Togo); 138.7 Swiftly ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 138.8 Intensify efforts to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Denmark); 138.9 Accelerate the process of ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia); 138.10 Pursue its efforts to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Morocco); ** The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 14 GE.16-05884