A/HRC/11/L.10 page 133 546. The China Care and Compassion Society submitted its constructive and critical views during the preparation of China’s national report and independent reports submitted to OHCHR. It noted that China was implementing the national plan for children’s development and called for more attention to be paid to the protection of migrant children and of children left behind by migrant parents, and to meeting their basic needs for education and medical care. It also called on local governments and specialized agencies to study policies for their protection. 547. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights was concerned about China’s rejection of many recommendations, including almost all of those seeking an improvement in the human rights situation of the Tibetan people. It believed that accepting those recommendations, including those in paragraph 82, would compel the Chinese authorities to revisit and review some issues affecting the Tibetan people, including Order No. 5, issued by the State Council of China, that interferes in an ancient religious procedure and tradition of the confirmation of reincarnates of Tibetan Buddhism, and ending the “strike hard” campaign and education programmes that forced Tibetans to denounce their spiritual leader. 548. In a joint statement, the Society for Threatened Peoples and Reporters without Borders noted that one of the many recommendations rejected by China concerned granting access to Tibetan areas, including for OHCHR and other United Nations bodies. It believed that this position contradicted China’s pledges and commitments to the Council. It urged the Chinese authorities to open Tibetan areas for visits, welcomed the authorities’ intention to invite the High Commissioner in response to the March 2008 request, and urged China to respond positively to a follow-up visit of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief. 549. Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, in a joint statement with Interfaith International and the Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network, deeply regretted the fact that the majority of recommendations had not been accepted by China, including for the resumption of dialogue between the Government of China and representatives of the Dalai Lama. They believed that the present impasse had arisen after the rejection by the Chinese authorities of the requested memorandum on genuine autonomy for Tibetan people of 2007. They recommended that the authorities seriously engage with the Dalai Lama’s representatives, as urged by the Secretary-General, and introduce laws and regulations in accordance with the regional ethnic autonomy law.

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