A/HRC/31/13 extent in Myanmar. Therefore, the delegation underlined that Myanmar should no longer remain on the agendas of the Human Rights Council and the Third Committee. 71. Section 347 of the Constitution guaranteed equality before the law for every person and provision of legal protection. Section 348 guaranteed that the Union would not discriminate against any citizen on the basis of race, birth, religion, official position, status, culture, sex or wealth. 72. Myanmar was implementing, in cooperation with UNDP, programmes on the rule of law and access to justice. Human rights, a people-centred approach and community policing had been newly introduced to the working method of the Myanmar Police Force. The bill on legal aid was with the parliament for debate and approval. 73. A legal advisory committee had reviewed existing laws to bring them into line with the Constitution and international norms. Since 2011, Myanmar had amended, repealed and promulgated 189 laws. 74. As for the “four laws”, the objective of the law on health protection and coordination regarding population increase was to reduce poverty and promote maternal and child health in the context of population growth. The law was not aimed at limiting birth spacing, and there was no penalty for non-compliance. 75. Section 34 of the Constitution provided that every citizen should have the freedom of belief and religion and an equal right to worship. The religious conversion law permitted proper religious conversion. 76. Under the Myanmar Buddhist women special marriage law, Buddhist women had the right to marry non-Buddhist men. It prescribed freedom of worship for a Buddhist wife who married a non-Buddhist husband and protected the basic human rights of Buddhist women. 77. Concerning the monogamy law, the delegation indicated that, in Myanmar, the majority were Buddhists and that Myanmar customary law did not prohibit men from having multiple wives. The law was aimed at preventing complications arising from polygamy. 78. Greece welcomed the consideration given by Myanmar to becoming a signatory to international human rights instruments, such as the Convention against Torture. 79. Guatemala expressed concern about the scarce progress in negotiations towards the establishment of an OHCHR office in Myanmar. 80. The Holy See acknowledged efforts made to enhance peace and dialogue among different religions by the creation of the Interfaith Friendship Group. 81. Hungary noted the need to introduce reforms in the judiciary and in the regulation of the legal profession. 82. Iceland was concerned about reports of growing instances of religious violence and failure to investigate attacks based on national, racial and religious hatred. 83. India welcomed the recent signing of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and noted the positive steps to ensure free and fair elections in 2015. 84. Malaysia noted the challenges in ensuring the equal rights of various ethnic minorities in the country. 85. The Islamic Republic of Iran took note of the steps taken on legislative reforms and accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. 8