A/HRC/44/17 implementation of Law No. 8 of 2010 and the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 11. In the area of health services, Kuwait had taken measures to guarantee priority in providing health services for persons with disabilities and rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities in health centres in residential areas. 12. In the employment domain, the Government had developed an employment strategy that aimed to provide training and capacity-building for persons with disabilities. 13. The Government was proceeding with clear goals to solve the issue of illegal residents. The Council of Ministers had adopted a plan to address the situation of illegal residents based on a set of principles, the most important of which were justice, equality and observance of the humanitarian and social aspects that did not violate the laws and regulations in force in the country. 14. In 2011, the Council of Ministers had adopted resolution No. 409/2011, aimed at addressing the living conditions of illegal residents, including those not registered in the central system, by facilitating access, inter alia, to free education, official documents and driving licences. Records indicated that the number of such residents prior to the invasion of 1990 amounted to 220,000, but that their numbers had then decreased to 120,000 and had further diminished to 85,000 by the end of 2018. The decrease in the number of illegal residents was the result of a long process of status modification implemented by a central authority created for the purpose in 2010. 15. In the field of contract law, Kuwait had taken steps to ensure compliance with the 19 International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions it had ratified. The Public Authority for Manpower was established to regulate the employment of more than 1.6 million individuals from 171 countries. 16. In 2015, Kuwait had adopted Law No. 68 concerning domestic labour, which sought to protect the rights of workers and delineate clearly the responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers. A centre had been established that provided shelter for women and other forms of assistance, such as legal guidance, health services and free meals. 17. Kuwait was keen to criminalize all forms of trafficking in persons in a manner consistent with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. In 2013, the Government had adopted Law No. 91, which aimed to combat trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants, and included hefty penalties for the perpetrators of such crimes, as well as appropriate measures to assist and protect victims. 18. The Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies had organized several training courses for judges, prosecutors and members of the public in this field, in order to strengthen the capacity of national staff in the fight against trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants. 19. The Council of Ministers had also adopted a national strategy to prevent trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants, based on a three-pronged approach: prevention, protection and international cooperation. 20. The delegation reiterated that government efforts in providing humanitarian assistance aimed at alleviating the suffering of humanity resulting from poverty, disease, hunger, natural disasters and crises resulting from wars in different regions of the world were a fundamental pillar of human rights, as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2018, as many as 106 States across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean had become beneficiaries of Kuwaiti-funded development projects in a variety of sectors, including health, education, transport and communications, water and sanitation, agriculture and irrigation, manufacturing and energy. 21. The delegation stated that Kuwait had worked in solidarity with the victims of various humanitarian crises around the world, hosting three donor conferences to support the humanitarian situation of the displaced and refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic. Kuwait 3