A/HRC/31/10 86. It was the hope of the delegation that, following the review, there would be an opportunity to engage the international community, including United Nations agencies, on ways and means to assist Saint Lucia in mitigating some of its challenges. 87. The universal periodic review was a useful mechanism to assist Saint Lucia in keeping track of the work that it had already done and highlight areas where obstacles slowed it down. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 88. The following recommendations will be examined by Saint Lucia, which will provide responses in due time but no later than at the thirty-first session of the Human Rights Council, in March 2016: 88.1 Ratify the international human rights instruments to which it is not a party and bring its internal legal framework into line with international obligations (Trinidad and Tobago); 88.2 Strengthen its efforts to accede to international instruments to which Saint Lucia is not a party yet and strengthen its cooperation with the universal system of human rights in order to promote compliance with its obligations in this area, as previously recommended (Mexico); 88.3 Continue considering the ratification of the main human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party (Nicaragua); 88.4 Complete the internal procedure necessary for the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, while putting in place the necessary mechanisms to proceed with the signature and ratification of other international human rights agreements that are still pending (Spain); 88.5 Ratify human rights conventions, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol (Sierra Leone); 88.6 Fully implement accepted recommendations from the first universal periodic review concerning the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocols, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its Optional Protocol, as well as the accession to their inquiry and inter-State complaints procedures, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (France); 88.7 Consider expediting steps to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which are treaties that Saint Lucia accepted in the first cycle review to become a party to (Ghana); 88.8 Progress in the process of ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with  14 Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited.