A/HRC/45/2 (c) The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 (A/HRC/WG.6/35/GNB/3). 792. At its 34th meeting, on 5 October 2020, the Human Rights Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review of Guinea-Bissau (see sect. C below). 793. The outcome of the review of Guinea-Bissau comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/44/11) and the views of Guinea-Bissau concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group, and which were presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary (see also A/HRC/44/11/Add.1). 1. Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions, its voluntary commitments and the outcome 794. The Vice-President of the Human Rights Council indicated that Guinea-Bissau had informed the Human Rights Council that unfortunately it could not ensure the presence of a delegation at the present session of the Human Rights Council. However, aware of the importance of complying with the established calendar for the adoption the outcome of the universal periodic review of Guinea-Bissau, it had sent a statement together with its positon on the recommendations received, which had been shared with the Council. The VicePresident noted that, in accordance with relevant precedents, the presidency could read out statements of States that were not present at the adoption of the outcome and proceeded to read the following statement sent on behalf of Mr. Fernando Mendonça, Minister of Justice of Guinea-Bissau. 795. Guinea-Bissau is a developing country that had always made efforts to honour its commitments to international forums, in particular to the Human Rights Council. 796. The country presented its National Report on the status of human rights in the third cycle of the universal periodic review to the 35th Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, held in Geneva on 24 January 2020, in the first phase of its review under this mechanism of the Human Rights Council. 797. During the interactive dialogue with the Working Group of the Human Rights Council, Guinea-Bissau received 197 recommendations, to which it had provided its responses in the table contained in the addendum. 798. As of March 2020, Guinea-Bissau, like other countries in the world, began to suffer from the first cases of COVID-19, which worsened the situation of the already vulnerable health system and also caused several insufficiencies in various sectors of the economic and social life of the country. 799. Nevertheless, to respond to the situation resulting from the pandemic, the Government of Guinea-Bissau adopted an Emergency Plan and had made available to the government departments the following financial resources: one hundred million CFA francs (100,000,000), for the social aid fund to support victims of natural disasters; thirty million CFA francs (30,000,000), for the monthly medical acquisitions for hospital emergency services; and sixty millions CFA francs (60,000,000) at the national level to feed patients. 800. In addition, regarding human rights, the country had made some progress concerning the justice sector, in particular through: the implementation of the Decree-Law on the creation of the Office for the Recovery of Assets from Crime and the Administration of Proceeds from Criminal Activities; the implementation of the Decrees on the registry of the judiciary and the prosecutor’s office, and regulations on the financial management of the justice system. 127