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channel additional funds to the relevant ministries and departments tasked with preventing
and combating crime.
73.
The delegation of Saint Kitts and Nevis therefore made an appeal to the donor
countries and international partners to support the efforts of developing countries in
building capacity and strengthening human resources, specifically in the area of data
collection, statistical analysis and reporting to the international treaty bodies pertaining to
human rights.
74.
The challenges and constraints which Saint Kitts and Nevis faced as a small island
developing State were many, but not insurmountable. The delegation believed that Saint
Kitts and Nevis had shown the world on many fronts that its people were resilient. Its
presence and participation in the universal periodic review was part of the maturing process
of a sovereign and democratic State. It hoped that the universal periodic review would not
only highlight areas in which the State needed to improve but also to provide opportunities
for exchanges of best practices that could enable countries such as Saint Kitts and Nevis to
make significant advancement towards achieving a high level of promotion and protection
of human rights on the ground.
II.
Conclusions and/or recommendations
75.
The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed
below enjoy the support of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
75.1. Ratify the Optional Protocol to CRC on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography (Hungary);
75.2. Revise building codes to improve disabled access to public buildings
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland);
75.3. Review its current legislation in order to bring it fully in line with the
principles and provisions of CRC and accede to its two Optional Protocols
(Guatemala);
75.4. Adopt new child protection legislation as soon as the consultative
process can be concluded (Canada);
75.5. Continue to apply its socio-economic development plans and strategies
(Cuba);
75.6. Continue to implement policies and programmes aimed at improving
its human, social and economic development, and call on the international
community to provide the requisite technical and financial assistance towards
this endeavour (Jamaica);
75.7. Continue to apply programmes and measures to improve the
enjoyment of the right to education and the right to health (Cuba);
75.8. Pursue the consolidation, in a decisive manner, of an educational
system which is increasingly in line with the needs and specificities of its
population, as the only way of making progress towards social development and
welfare, towards which the international community should provide its
assistance and cooperation (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela);
75.9. Develop a closer policy focus on the special needs and care of persons
with disabilities in order to help them live productive lives and contribute to
their communities (Trinidad and Tobago);
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