A/HRC/12/9 Page 19 69. Strengthen the judiciary and make it independent by training judges in order to guarantee effective implementation of the law (Spain); 70. Take further efforts to ensure that the status of freedom of expression is brought into line with international obligations (Sweden); 71. Establish adequate measures to ensure the real guarantee of freedom of expression recognized by article 34 of the Afghan Constitution (Spain); 72. Take all possible measures to ensure the necessary conditions so that the written press and the electronic media can function properly without any interference (Hungary); 73. Guarantee free access to the media (Hungary); 74. Continue its cooperation with the international community and reinforce the role of human rights defenders so that civil society, in particular women, can participate actively in the electoral campaign and in the vote (Switzerland); 75. Make efforts to provide the resources, funding, personnel and authority necessary to implement the 2007 labour law that permits workers to join and form trade unions (United States); 76. Give priority to achieving the objectives set by its national development strategy and in particular its commitment to ensure that women take, at minimum, 35 per cent of places in professional training programmes and 20 per cent of vacant posts (Algeria); 77. Take concrete measures for the realization of economic, social and cultural rights including the rights to development for the better realization of the MDGs (Islamic Republic of Iran); 78. Take concrete measures to promote and protect the rights of women and children, in particular to facilitate their access to education and health as basic prerequisites for growth and development (Islamic Republic of Iran); 79. Strengthen the capacity of the Government of Afghanistan to implement its national development strategy, particularly to achieve human rights benchmarks (Bangladesh); 80. Continue its efforts to put in place effective poverty reduction and health strategies, particularly to solve the problem of low life expectancy and high mortality rate (Azerbaijan); 81. Develop a long-term strategy to address food insecurity, including programmes to rehabilitate and strengthen rural infrastructure and to provide food assistance to vulnerable populations (Slovakia); 82. Include women in decision-making about maternal health, including in decisions on the design of local health care mechanisms, in a bid to strengthen its efforts to reduce maternal mortality (New Zealand);