A/HRC/8/52 page 144 Families, and that there was no acceptance of access to prisons by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It commended the United Kingdom on accepting to comply fully with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture, while it affirmed that the United Kingdom is under an obligation to extend these instruments to all overseas territories under the United Kingdom’s control. 386. Nigeria congratulated the United Kingdom on its constructive spirit towards the universal periodic review, which it deemed worthy of emulation. Nigeria further welcomed the fact that the United Kingdom recognizes that economic, social and cultural rights are as important as civil and political rights, and that they are interdependent and indivisible. 387. Pakistan took note of the fact that the United Kingdom decided not to respond during the review to any of the recommendations made and welcomed the comprehensive responses to these recommendations. Pakistan noted the statement made by the United Kingdom as regards the review process, which should be taken as a tool for critical and constructive self-analysis. In this regard, Pakistan noted that the United Kingdom’s willingness to accept most of the recommendations indicates that it is prepared to accept the challenge of implementation of relevant conclusions and recommendations, which are consistent with its national priorities and the set of accepted norms. Pakistan noted that the number of recommendations not accepted has found some explanation, which reflects the understandable divergence of views on issues which are, nevertheless, important. Pakistan expressed the hope that the United Kingdom will continue to intensify its efforts to harmonize and implement some of its recently enacted laws with international human rights standards. 388. The Russian Federation noted with satisfaction that all the recommendations it made had been accepted by the United Kingdom, which had also provided quite detailed answers on substantive matters. The way in which the review took place on the United Kingdom and the written answers received, yet again clearly asserted the fact that there are no ideal countries from the point of view of the observance of human rights. It noted that the United Kingdom is one of the oldest democracies, and that it is today confronted with a whole series of new challenges such as, for example, the fight against the terrorist threat; that it is not always possible to manage in respect of the highest human rights standards. It noted that the capacity to acknowledge existing problems and to adopt steps to eliminate these is one of the preconditions for advancement of the common goals of the universal and comprehensive promotion and protection of human rights. 3. General comments made by other relevant stakeholders 389. The International Save the Children Alliance called on the United Kingdom to establish adequate institutional frameworks for the promotion and protection of children’s rights. It stated that the United Kingdom must withdraw its reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child as it is clear that its general reservation concerning immigration and citizenship is against the object and purpose of the Convention. It welcomed the Government’s current review and urged it to remove the general reservation as soon as possible. It stated that the United Kingdom must introduce with urgency clear and non-equivocal legislation which fully prohibits physical punishment in the home, the International Save the Children Alliance also stated that the