A/HRC/12/9 Page 24 97. The following recommendations did not enjoy the support of Afghanistan: 1. Reinstate a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (Canada); 2. Ratify the ICCPR-OP2, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Argentina); 3. Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in order to avoid irreparable errors (Argentina); 4. Re-establish the moratorium on executions and consider the abolition of the death penalty, as requested by the European Union (France); 5. Introduce a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, with a view to its abolition (New Zealand); 6. Recalling General Assembly Resolution 62/149, reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition (Brazil); 7. Re-introduce the moratorium which was broken in 2007, and take measures to adhere to the resolutions of the General Assembly in this regard (Sweden); 8. Commute all existing death sentences and re-introduce a moratorium on executions with a view to the abolition of the death penalty (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 9. Impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a step towards its full abolition (Ireland); 10. The Afghan Government sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, abolish the death penalty and commute the sentences of those facing execution (Australia). 98. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and /or the State under review thereon. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.