A/HRC/13/17 Page 20 69. Give priority to programmes for upgrading land and water resources to reduce the long-term vulnerability caused by drought and allowing the population to satisfy its needs in water and food; and, in this regard, request the assistance of competent United Nations agencies and programmes (Algeria); 70. Request necessary technical assistance to build its capacity to deal with the issues and challenges faced in the fields of education, infrastructure, health, housing, agriculture, and ensuring food security (Pakistan); 71. Strengthen measures aimed at poverty eradication and improvement of access to safe drinking water, as well as social services (South Africa); 72. Develop a constructive partnership with the United Nations and NGOs working on food and medical assistance, and guarantee safe access to the country, including in areas where violent actions against federal authorities take place; this partnership should constitute one of the cornerstones of the new agriculture and land-use policies in Ethiopia (Belgium); 73. Achieve food security through, among others, securing adequate food assistance, increasing food production, adopting better agricultural technology and improving the food distribution system (Bangladesh); 74. Realize effectively the plans to overcome poverty and achieve sustainable development (Russian Federation); 75. Continue to fight poverty with the support and cooperation of the international community (Bangladesh); 76. Implement further measures, with regard to maternal mortality and child mortality, to save mother and child (Holy See); 77. Undertake further measures to consolidate the national health system in order to cut down on the spread of serious diseases (Kyrgyzstan); 78. Continue the efforts to provide the needed health services coverage as well as intensify efforts for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS (Yemen); 79. Continue the positive efforts to improve access to health for all its citizens, including through cooperation and strengthened international financial assistance (Cuba); 80. Fight malaria and HIV/AIDS with the support of the international community (Bangladesh); 81. Seek to strengthen achievements in realizing the right to education, in particular with respect to free primary education and its obligation towards girls and boys (Algeria); 82. Strengthen efforts to improve the literacy rate of girls and women (Brazil);