A/HRC/42/31 seventeenth periodic reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/C/KHM/14-17). The reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances as well as its response to the list of issues of the Committee against Torture remain overdue. The National Mechanism for Reporting and Follow-up was officially established in June 2018. Although it is not responsible for all treaty reporting, it should play an important coordination role for all. OHCHR supported the initial meeting of its members, where international best practices and lessons learned were shared with all participants. IX. Conclusions and recommendations 72. The Secretary-General notes the positive engagement of the Government of Cambodia with OHCHR and stresses the centrality of human rights for strengthening development and maintaining peace. The Secretary-General highlights the important role that OHCHR can play in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia to achieve this. In this regard, the Secretary-General reiterates the ongoing commitment of OHCHR to assist the Government and people of Cambodia in the realization of all human rights for all. 73. The Secretary-General: (a) Urges the Government and other political actors to engage in a dialogue in order to reduce tensions and encourages more open public debate, with full respect for the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of peaceful assembly and the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives; (b) Calls upon the Government to strengthen guarantees for the unhindered work of civil society organizations, including human rights organizations, by consolidating and broadening the space for these organizations to operate, in particular by undertaking a review of the Law on Associations and NonGovernmental Organizations through a broad consultative process and taking into account the views of affected associations and organizations; (c) Encourages the Government to take steps to ensure the independence of the judiciary and to improve its transparency and efficiency, including by undertaking studies and surveys in the area of judicial integrity with the technical assistance of OHCHR; (d) Encourages the Government to ensure that the National Committee against Torture receives an adequate budget and has the means to administer that budget in order for it to undertake its important work in the field of prevention of torture and ill-treatment in places of deprivation of liberty; (e) Invites the Government to strengthen the promotion of human rights in the context of implementing the Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals and other development strategies, in particular by introducing more and clearer targets and indicators under Cambodian Sustainable Development Goal 16 and by undertaking studies, with the assistance of OHCHR, to identify those at risk of being left behind in development processes; (f) Encourages the Government to consider simplifying the community land titling process. 14