A/HRC/29/16 South American Nations and CARICOM. Therefore, the delegation trusted that the next elections would be transparent, once all the measures were put in place. 111. On judicial training, as it related to women’s rights, work had been carried out with the police and prosecutors, and seven domestic violence units, in each of the police divisions, had been established. 112. On trafficking of women and trafficking of persons in general, the delegation asserted that a task force was already working on those issues. There was no evidence of widespread trafficking, but work had been undertaken with several ministries. 113. Regarding reproductive health services, the delegation had noticed in one of the reports prepared for the UPR that a complaint had been made about a case where contraceptives were not provided to children of a certain age. The delegation said it would look into the complaint. Additional resources had been provided regarding reproductive health services. 114. On the matter of the eradication of poverty, the delegation mentioned the measures outlined in its national report, and expressed its satisfaction that Guyana had been able to reduce poverty, meet most of the Millennium Development Goals and improve nutrition. 115. The delegation underscored that Guyana would continue to give consideration to the recommendations regarding various protocols and conventions, including the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 116. On the intervention of the Netherlands, which referred to a political standstill, the delegation clarified that, faced with a no-confidence motion, which if passed would have immediately seen the country go to elections in three months, the President had decided to prorogue the Parliament in order to preserve its life and invite the opposition to dialogue. Prorogation could last only for six months. If elections were held and had the same results, there would still be a need for dialogue. Given that the President wanted one last opportunity to try to dialogue with the Opposition, the Parliament had been prorogued. The offer of dialogue had not been accepted by the Opposition and the President had since announced that elections would be held on 11 May. 117. Addressing the claim of the Netherlands that owing to that situation the debate on the follow-up of the UPR recommendations could not continue, the delegation affirmed that the Parliamentary Special Select Committee examining LGBT matters and the abolition of the death penalty and corporal punishment was still functioning and had not concluded its work at the time of prorogation. Consequently, those matters were not ready to be debated in the National Assembly. The Government hoped that those issues would be taken back to the National Assembly when it was reconvened. 118. The delegation affirmed it was not happy that the Juvenile Justice Bill had not been presented to Parliament; that would be taken back to Parliament when it was reconvened. 119. Guyana was always open to having officials from the United Nations system visit the country and to working with them. 120. Regarding issues of excessive use of force, mistreatment and extrajudicial killings, the delegation said that it was not aware of any extrajudicial killings during the reporting period, although there had been one in 2011. The national report included what Guyana had been doing in terms of addressing reported excesses by the Guyana Police Force; efforts would continue. 121. On comments by Norway on the credibility of the judiciary, the delegation asserted that it could not state that the judiciary in Guyana was not credible. All branches of Government had to be strengthened, including the judiciary. 14