A/HRC/30/15 106. Portugal welcomed the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the adoption of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. 107. Rwanda commended Jamaica on its efforts on gender equality and women empowerment, mainly in the public decision-making sphere. It applauded measures to address female underrepresentation in Parliament. 108. Senegal noted the national development plan, Vision 2030, the programme targeting persons with disabilities, the measures to protect women from discrimination, and the government campaign against corporal punishment in schools. 109. Sierra Leone appreciated the national development plan, Vision 2030, the social protection strategy, the percentage of women in managerial positions and the policies on climate change and on disability. It urged Jamaica to eradicate violence against women and children and to protect human rights defenders. 110. Singapore noted measures to enhance gender equality and the empowerment of women, and to reform the judicial sector. It acknowledged the country’s development constraints, and commended Jamaica on its national development plan, Vision 2030, and its social protection strategy. 111. Slovenia welcomed the national policy on gender equality and plans addressing gender inequality in political participation. It was concerned about the widespread genderbased violence and the high rate of crime and violence, including killings of children; and discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex persons. 112. South Africa welcomed the national development plan, including improvements in the education system, environmental sustainability and hunger eradication. It noted strides in enhancing gender equality and women empowerment. 113. Spain welcomed the human rights unit within the Ministry of Justice, the Law on Disabilities, and ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. It was concerned about violence against children and girls; detention conditions, particularly of juveniles; abuses by police officers; and attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex persons. 114. Sri Lanka welcomed the national development plan, Vision 2030, and noted the adverse impact of climate change in Jamaica. It commended measures concerning health care, education, social assistance and children’s rights. It noted the commitment of Jamaica to combat gender-based violence. 115. The delegation of Jamaica said that it was seeking to renew its emphasis on primary health care to reduce the burden on the secondary health-care system. Four centres of excellence had been established to provide diagnostic prevention and treatment services. The question of how to finance health care was a major issue. Jamaica was revising the safe motherhood programme and considering the approval of a national strategic plan for noncommunicable diseases and a national development plan for sexual and reproductive health. 116. On the issue of climate change, Jamaica continued to advocate for action to keep global warming at or below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. It said that at the bilateral level, developed countries should take the lead in addressing climate change by raising their 2020 commitments, including by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In terms of national efforts, Jamaica recognized the adverse impact of climate change on vulnerable small island States and that in 2012 it had established a ministry dedicated to climate change and a climate change 14