A/HRC/8/52 page 182 currently the subject of debate in the Netherlands. It noted that the approximately 50 questions and 31 recommendations received would help it find answers to the challenges that the country was facing and to develop new thoughts and ideas for the future. 546. The Netherlands submitted its responses to the 31 recommendations to OHCHR (A/HRC/8/31/Add.1). In that document, the Netherlands tried to be as open and transparent as it had been during the review and earlier in its national report by substantiating why certain recommendations could or could not be supported. Many of the recommendations concerned integration, discrimination and migration issues, which were the subject of current public debate in the Netherlands. The Netherlands stated that it supported most of the recommendations and that they were generally in line with the Government’s policies, as explained in its national report. 547. The Netherlands further noted that two of the questions that it received in April still needed to be answered. The first one was from Slovenia, which expressed its concern at the lack of sufficient mental health services for adolescents, the prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Slovenia also requested more information on programmes and measures to prevent or reduce drug and alcohol abuse. 548. The Netherlands assured that it offered a variety of education and prevention programmes designed for young people. Young people with alcohol and/or drug problems could turn to outpatient or inpatient clinics for help. The number of teenage births was relatively low and not rising and the number of sexually transmitted diseases had stabilized over the past two years. It also informed the Council that, with regard to mental health care, more resources had become available so that young people with severe behavioural problems could now have access to care more rapidly. 549. The second question came from Switzerland, which asked about the action plan on human rights education. The Netherlands pointed out that the action plan was currently being discussed within the framework of the human rights education platform, which was looking for ways to help schools to incorporate human rights into existing study programmes. Furthermore, it stated that a major challenge was posed by the limitation mentioned in its national report, namely that schools could not be ordered to include specific subjects in their curriculum. The Netherlands stated that it would inform the Council on progress in due course. 550. Moreover, the Netherlands took the opportunity to make some remarks about the universal periodic review process to date. Although a lot of work still had yet to be done, the Netherlands highlighted some trends developing in the first two sessions of the review that it considered to be promising for the future. 551. Firstly, it noted that the major human rights issues in every State under review had been raised in a constructive manner, showing that the intention of the General Assembly that the universal periodic review should be a cooperative mechanism based on interactive dialogue could actually work. Secondly, the Netherlands was pleased to see so many member States actively participating in the process. Thirdly, it experienced an increasing openness and transparency as the sessions evolve. For the moment, the Netherlands considered the review a “work in progress” that would ultimately contribute to the improvement of the human rights situation in all countries.