A/HRC/11/L.10 page 62 refusal of Canada to adhere to various international human rights instruments while it had made similar recommendations in the context of the universal periodic review to other countries. 253. Cuba noted that, in the course of the review of Canada, around 68 recommendations had been formulated. It highlighted those asking Canada to ratify international conventions to which it was not yet a party and to intensify efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia, particularly against First Nations, as an essential component to democracy. It noted that Canada had accepted a number of recommendations, but regretted that it continued to refuse to comply fully with and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, one of Cuba’s recommendations. Cuba also regretted that Canada dissociated itself from international efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia and urged it to join the activities to implement the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, as well as the outcome document of the Review Conference. Cuba indicated it missed the time when Canada took a pro-third-world approach, committed to the noblest causes, always on the side of the weakest, and awaited its return. 254. The Russian Federation regretted that the recommendations that it made to Canada had not been implemented. It recommended that Canada not isolate itself from international cooperation with respect to work on combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and that it consider the possibility of accepting the final document of the Durban Review Conference. The Russian Federation also stressed the importance of a nationwide strategy to combat poverty, particularly in the context of the current global financial and economic crisis and of the desirability to pay special attention to the situation of representatives of indigenous peoples, who were experiencing the greatest difficulties. 255. The Islamic Republic of Iran made reference to concerns raised by the treaty bodies and in stakeholders’ submissions, including on continued cases of violation of human rights in Canada, as well as the growing discriminatory treatment of indigenous people, aboriginal women, migrants, Muslims, Arabs and Afro-Canadians. Iran noted that, since September 2001, Canada’s Muslim and Arab communities had continuously felt victimized. It made reference to concerns about serious acts of violence against Aboriginal women and urged Canada to examine its failure to investigate cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Iran also noted that Canada placed barriers to refugee and migrant family reunification, and recommended that Canada