A/HRC/11/L.10 page 74 hope. It considered that the continuation and expansion of poverty alleviation programmes would allow more people to be lifted out of poverty. Despite progress made in the field of human rights, the Association noted that corruption was still commonplace, that torture, extrajudicial killings and custodial deaths were still being reported, and that equality between men and women had not yet been fully realized. It encouraged Bangladesh to ratify the treaties, as recommended in the review report. It spoke of the need to bring to a halt custodial deaths and torture of people in custody and to take further steps towards ending all forms of violence against women and eradicating child labour. 4. Concluding remarks of the State under review 297. Bangladesh thanked all participants and conveyed particular thanks to those who had expressed their support and solidarity following the recent cyclone that had devastated a part of its country. 298. Bangladesh believed that, although the universal periodic review was primarily an intergovernmental process, civil society had an important role to play. As Bangladesh consulted national non-governmental organizations during its preparatory process, it would have been happy to hear more voices of national organizations on the outcome of the review, and expressed the hope that the Council would try to facilitate participation of mainstream national non-governmental organizations in deliberations on country human rights situations. Bangladesh stated that it was committed to continue involving its civil society and working with them. 299. Bangladesh was a small country, with a vast population, resource-starved and disaster-prone, for which reasons fully guaranteeing human rights protection was a daunting challenge, so expectations had to be realistic. Although there might be some instances of human rights violations, there was an adequate and effective institutional framework to deal with them. However, Bangladesh would continue to strive for further improvements. 300. Careful note had been taken of all observations, suggestions and comments made, and they would be referred faithfully back to the Government, which would give them due consideration and take practical measures within the parameters of the Constitution and in line with the expectations of its people.