A/HRC/12/50 Guek Eav, and supports the positions of the Government of Cambodia and the United Nations to proceed with the tribunal in a fair, efficient and expeditious manner, given the advanced age and frail health of the persons charged and the long overdue justice for the people of Cambodia; 3. Also welcomes the assistance of a number of States to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and, noting the revised budget estimate endorsed on 17 July 2008, encourages the Government of Cambodia to work with the United Nations and the States providing assistance to ensure the highest standards of administration of the Extraordinary Chambers, and invites further assistance for the Extraordinary Chambers in a prompt manner in order to ensure its successful functioning; II. Democracy and situation of human rights 4. Welcomes: (a) The cooperation extended by the Government of Cambodia and the constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur during his first mission in Cambodia; (b) The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia (A/HRC/12/40) and the recommendations contained therein; (c) The efforts and progress made by the Government of Cambodia in promoting legal and judicial reform under the leadership of the Council of Legal and Judicial Reform, including adopting and/or enforcing basic laws, such as the civil procedure code, the criminal procedure code and the civil code, as well as the approval of the criminal code at the Council of Ministers; (d) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia in combating corruption, including the completion of the drafting of an anti-corruption law and efforts to bring corrupt officials to justice, as well as its efforts in stopping political appointments to posts in public administration based upon the allocation of political parties; (e) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia in combating trafficking in persons, including the enforcement of the law on the suppression of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation; (f) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia to resolve land issues through the implementation of land reform; (g) The commitments made by the Government of Cambodia to adhere to and implement its obligations under the international human rights conventions, inter alia, the commitment made by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen on the occasion of the opening of the eighth informal Asia-Europe Meeting seminar on human rights, held in Siem Reap in September 2007, which included reference to the planned establishment of a national human rights institution; (h) The efforts made by the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, especially in resolving complaints from people, improving the situation of prisons and intervening in prolonged pretrial detentions; (i) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia to adhere to its obligations under international human rights treaties, including the submission of its reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Rights of the Child in February 2009, as well as to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in May 2009; (j) The efforts and progress made by the Government of Cambodia in promoting decentralization and deconcentration reform with the aim of achieving democratic 49