A/HRC/15/8 initiatives and sought information about measures taken to increase employment for persons with disabilities and to ensure the financial autonomy of the National Commission on Human Rights. 31. Egypt welcomed efforts to promote and protect human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights, noting poverty eradication plans and programmes and efforts to ensure the right to education and health. It commended Kenya’s commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goal on gender equality and women’s empowerment. It appreciated the Women Enterprise Fund and the Government’s pledge to allocate additional resources to it. Egypt made recommendations. 32. Algeria congratulated Kenya on its Vision 2030, aimed at providing a high quality of life and promoting economic, social and cultural rights. It noted Kenya’s policy aimed at the swift resettlement of persons internally displaced as a result of the post-election violence. It sought information about national reconciliation initiatives and their impact on the enjoyment of human rights. Algeria made recommendations. 33. Zimbabwe noted that Kenya attached great importance to human rights protection and was actively involved in the work of human rights organizations. It noted civil society engagement in human rights issues. Zimbabwe made recommendations. 34. Djibouti welcomed Kenya’s achievements regarding education, health, and women’s and children’s rights. It supported the Government’s commitment to promoting sustainable peace, stability and justice. Djibouti welcomed the Children’s Act and noted the significant steps taken to combat impunity. It referred to the ongoing police and prison reforms, the witness protection programme, the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act and the moratorium on the death penalty. 35. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya noted that Kenya had endeavoured to protect human rights through the Constitution and the creation of human rights and transitional mechanisms. It noted national programmes to combat poverty and to ensure free primary education and access to health-care services. It referred to the improvement of production capacities in agriculture and to the rehabilitation of arid and semi-arid areas. Child labour was a major challenge, and children continued to be victims of trafficking and exploitation. It made recommendations. 36. Slovakia commended Kenya, notably for a de facto moratorium on the death penalty. Slovakia referred to the concerns expressed by the Committee against Torture regarding prison conditions in 2008, by the Committee on the Rights of the Child about instances in which children had been treated as adult offenders and limited progress in establishing a functional juvenile justice system outside Nairobi, and by a number of treaty bodies about genital mutilation. Slovakia welcomed the introduction of free primary and free secondary education. Slovakia made recommendations. 37. Cuba noted that Kenya had achieved socio-economic development since independence despite the unjust international economic order, the impact of the international crisis and increasing planetary challenges for humankind. It highlighted programmes to combat poverty, particularly job creation measures, food aid provision and increased food production. Primary education was universal and free, and enrolment rates had increased. Cuba noted measures regarding HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, malaria, progress in adequate housing, and the rights of workers and children. Cuba made a recommendation. 38. Turkey commended Kenya for its efforts to review the Constitution, and the establishment of the National Commission on Human Rights, the Public Complaints Standing Committee and the Constituency Development Fund. It welcomed the Kenya 6