A/HRC/11/18* against women, and One-Stop Crisis Centres (OCC) established in all six Divisions for victims of violence provided victims with emergency medical treatment, police assistance, legal aid, and shelter facilities. 17. The delegation provided information on recent amendments to the Citizenship Act. According to the Bangladesh Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance 2008, children born of a Bangladeshi woman married to a non-Bangladeshi were now entitled to Bangladeshi citizenship. The delegation also referred to special measures taken to address feminization of poverty, including the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) Programme with nationwide outreach covering nearly 750,000 poor rural women. 18. Concerning children, reference was made to the National Plan of Action against Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children, including Trafficking, and to the National Social Policy on Alternative Models of Care and Protection for Children, which would harmonize national laws on juvenile justice with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Bangladesh had eliminated child labour from the readymade garments sector, and this remained a noted case for global replication. 19. Among government measures aimed at the development of religious and ethnic minority groups, a separate Ministry had been set up for the tribal communities residing in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It was mandated to uphold social, economic, cultural and educational rights of the hill people. 20. Bangladesh was attentive to the rights of the persons with disabilities. It had established 46 Focal Points in government ministries and departments to deal with disability issues. 21. Both print and electronic media played a role in protecting citizen’s fundamental rights. The existence of some 544 daily newspapers, 357 weeklies, 62 fortnightlies and 93 monthlies was an example of a vibrant print media. 22. Bangladesh acknowledged that the contribution of civil society and NGOs to national socio-economic development and to the promotion and protection of human rights had been praiseworthy. Government-NGO partnership was a hallmark of Bangladesh’s development scene. Coordinated activities took place in areas such as agriculture and rural development, physical infrastructure, healthcare and family planning, primary and secondary schooling and environmental protection. 23. Bangladesh noted there were many discriminations and oppressive practices embedded in its age-old social systems and customs. Many of these stemmed from poverty and the absence of real development. Resolving them might and would require time. However, they would be addressed. Bangladesh had embarked on a path of inclusion by striving to guarantee people’s rights to food, knowledge, security and vote as well as to end all oppression. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 24. During the inter-active dialogue, statements were made by 48 delegations. Additional statements by twenty-six delegations which could not be delivered during the dialogue due to time constraints are posted on the UPR extranet when available.* * Switzerland, Yemen, Denmark, Russian Federation, Japan, Belarus, Serbia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South Africa, Kuwait, Jamaica, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Canada, Uruguay, Syrian Arab Republic, Colombia, Sweden, Oman, Ukraine, Slovakia, Afghanistan, Maldives, Djibouti, Jordan, Burkina Faso. GE.09-16252 5