A/HRC/14/37 613. Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme stated that the rejection of half of the recommendations by the Gambia showed how reluctant it was in cooperating with the Council. It was inconceivable that the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights was hosted by the Gambia, whose President continued to issue death threats against human rights defenders and journalists. It was high time that the Commission sought another country to host its institutions and to ensure its integrity. It invited the Gambia to review its legislation on the freeing of drug traffickers on bail because of corrupt officials in the police and the judiciary, to combat early marriage and trafficking in women. The Gambia should also ensure the safety of human rights defenders and journalists and the independence of political parties. 4. Concluding remarks of the State under review 614. The delegation renewed the Gambia’s commitment to the universal periodic review process and thanked the Working Group, the Council and the troika. Egypt 615. The review of Egypt was held on 17 February 2010 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the following documents: (a) The national report submitted by Egypt in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/7/EGY/1); (b) The compilation prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/7/EGY/2); (c) The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/7/EGY/3). 616. At its 25th meeting, on 11 June 2010, the Human Rights Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review of Egypt (see section C below). 617. The outcome of the review of Egypt comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/14/17), the views of Egypt concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, and its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (see also A/HRC/14/17/Add.1). 1. Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions, its voluntary commitments and the outcome 618. The delegation stated that the review session in February 2010 had been constructive and fruitful, and that Egypt had reflected on the recommendations made, started to implement some of them and expected to conclude the implementation of the accepted recommendations in the course of the next four years. Egypt highly valued the universal periodic review mechanism and benefitted from it. The universal periodic review also opened up better communication with partners, namely civil society. Egypt had witnessed unprecedented political movement in recent months, with societal dialogue on numerous human rights issues also thanks to the mechanism. Egyptian mass media dealt extensively with the review. 619. The governmental committee on the universal periodic review had notified the relevant ministries and authorities of the content of recommendations accepted in February 2010. Egypt had accepted 119 recommendations in order to raise perception at the national level. The committee had studied the 25 pending recommendations, including during two GE.12-17781 141