A/HRC/42/2 633. Dominica appreciated assistance from bilateral and multilateral partners and call for continued support. 2. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Council on the outcome of the review 634. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Dominica, 13 delegations made statements.** 635. Saint Kitts and Nevis welcomed that Dominica demonstrated a high level of commitment accepting many recommendations, despite the fact that Dominica was still recovering from the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria. It noted with satisfaction that Dominica developed the National Resilience Development Strategy, as well as its 5-year poverty reduction strategy and related action plan. It encouraged Dominica to continue its efforts to protect the rights of its citizens, especially throughout the rebuilding process, and called the international community to support the efforts of Dominica in building resilience. 636. Saint Lucia noted that it also benefited twice from the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council and acknowledged the positive impact of the Trust Fund for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States. It commended Dominica for accepting recommendations related to gender equality, social protection and climate resilience. It noted that Dominica was not deterred from working effectively to implement the recommendations accepted, despite a number of challenges, which mostly resulted from the natural disasters suffered during the past five years. It noted the commitment of Dominica to provide health care for all citizens, enacting legislation aimed at preventing and combating trafficking in persons, and developing a related Standard Operating Procedure. It reiterated its support to Dominica. 637. Serbia commended the determination of Dominica to build the world’s first climateresilient nation, as well as its decision to continue developing social protection programmes in favor of the elderly and most vulnerable persons. Serbia also noted the intention of Dominica to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Serbia encouraged Dominica to persist in its efforts to establish a national human rights institution. 638. Seychelles commended Dominica for accepting many recommendations received under its third universal periodic review. Seychelles acknowledged the important challenges related to climate change faced by Dominica, and obstacles to its genuine aspirations towards the promotion and protection of human rights. Seychelles encouraged Dominica to continue engagement with the United Nations human rights mechanisms and called on the international community to assist Dominica in addressing and mitigating such challenges. 639. UNFPA expressed its intention to support Dominica to develop a national sexual and reproductive health policy in line the government’s rights-based approach to achieving universal health coverage and access. It indicated that Dominica will benefit from the current sexual and reproductive health legislative review in the Caribbean with a focus on vulnerable populations. It pledged to continue supporting Dominica’s efforts relating to the improved delivery of sexuality education. It also offered to facilitate South-South cooperation between Dominica and Jamaica to learn from approaches proven to break cycles of teenage pregnancy ** The statements of the delegations that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/42Session/Pages/default.aspx 96