A/HRC/13/17 Page 25 24. Allow exceptions to the Charities and Societies Proclamation to better enable NGOs, including those working on human rights, to receive funding and to operate effectively (United Kingdom); 25. Repeal the Proclamation for Registration of Charities and Societies and promote the development of an independent, transparent, and effective civil society and human rights community (United States); 26. Amend the Proclamation for the Registration and Regulation of Charities and Societies so as to bring it into conformity with international human rights standards (Netherlands); 27. Avoid requiring re-registration of civil society organizations (Norway); 28. Release imprisoned opposition party members and allow their full participation in the 2010 elections (Canada); 29. Encourage the development of integrationist multiracial organizations, including political parties, in line with ICERD and in accordance with a previous recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Germany); 30. Conduct a review to examine the ethnic balance in government and develop diversification strategies to comply with the tenets set forth in its ethnic federalism policies (United States); 31. Consider ways to depoliticize ethnicity and promote policies of inclusion (Brazil); 32. Amend the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation with a view to bringing this Proclamation into conformity with international human rights standards and narrow the definition of terrorism used (Netherlands); 100. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and /or the State under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.