A/HRC/28/14 human rights in the Government and in society as a whole, and to mobilize local and international resources through technical cooperation programmes. 18. The current Government’s programme was based on constitutional principles and the National Development Plan (2013–2017). Its priorities included the promotion of decentralized administration. The State’s civil, military and security institutions would be reconstructed, using advanced techniques and electronic governance with a view to increasing productivity and combating corruption. Financial resources would be increased and used to promote equitable development. The principles of responsibility and accountability would be promoted at all levels through the establishment of performance indicators and standards and regular monitoring arrangements. The monitoring bodies would also be subject to oversight. A clear distinction would be made between political and administrative positions, and executive institutions would be free from political influence. The scope of the social welfare and retirement systems would be expanded. Weapons would be confined to State security institutions and the formation of non-State military groups would be prohibited. The security forces would be required to assume full responsibility for the protection of Iraqi citizens. The Government was committed to the basic principles set forth in the political agreement concluded between the political blocs constituting the national unity Government. 19. ISIL had taken advantage of the unstable security situation in a number of governorates, threatening the right to life of their innocent and unarmed inhabitants. ISIL had committed flagrant war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Women had been sold as slaves, sexually exploited and forcibly married. Journalists and human rights defenders had been attacked. Persons belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, including children, had been executed. A massacre of Iraqi soldiers had been committed at a military base. Places of worship and historical and cultural sites had been destroyed. 20. The situation in the governorates that had been exposed to the brutal terrorist assaults called for the adoption of an emergency action plan, particularly to deal with the problem of displacement. Displaced people required, in particular, accommodation and educational facilities. The Ministry of Migration and Displacement had been working with governmental and non-governmental organizations to alleviate their problems. However, the scale of the crisis called for the involvement of the international community. The elimination of terrorism in Iraq with international support would enable the displaced persons to return to their homes. 21. According to the Ministry, 436,635 families had been displaced by 14 October 2014. The High Commission for Relief and Shelter had been established to deal with the problem and had been allocated a budget of trillion Iraqi dinars (ID). The Ministry of Migration and Displacement would allocate a sum of ID 1 million to each displaced family. ID 33 billion had been allocated to the Red Crescent Society and to religious endowments to assist displaced families and ID 10 billion had been allocated to the Ministry of Health to provide them with health care. Requests submitted by the governorates to set up camps and shelters would be studied and referred to the relevant technical committees. 22. Iraq would establish a national task force to implement the recommendations of the second UPR cycle. It would also establish national mechanisms for the implementation of recommendations of human rights treaty bodies following the submission of periodic reports. 23. The delegation highlighted the mass displacement caused by the ongoing war in the Syrian Arab Republic, and by the actions of the terrorist organization ISIL. The delegation also referred to the violent treatment of Yazidi Kurds by ISIL, as thousands of Yazidi men had been slaughtered and thousands of Yazidi women/girls and children had been taken as 5