A/HRC/45/2 839. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Guyana, 12 delegations made statements.** 840. Nepal appreciated the constructive engagement of Guyana with the universal periodic review and commended it for accepting most of the recommendations received. It also welcomed the Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 of Guyana, which was aligned with the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, while also reinforcing the protection of environment and disaster prevention. 841. Pakistan thanked Guyana for its update on the accepted recommendations. It commended the country for accepting the majority of the recommendations received during the session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review in January 2020, including those made by Pakistan. Pakistan also appreciated the firm commitment of Guyana to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, women empowerment and social cohesion and wished it success in the implementation of the recommendations. 842. The Philippines (by video message) welcomed the delegation of Guyana and acknowledged its constructive approach to the universal periodic review. It thanked Guyana for accepting all three recommendations made by the Philippines in the areas of climate adaptation, combatting trafficking in persons and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples. It also recognized the efforts of Guyana to make sure that its measures on climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction paid attention to the needs of vulnerable groups and to ensure a gender sensitive handling of cases of trafficking in persons. Finally, the Philippines wished Guyana success in the implementation of all accepted recommendations. 843. Vanuatu supported the positive steps taken by Guyana to strengthen its legislative framework to promote and protect human rights. It also noted the acceptance by Guyana of a large number of recommendations, including those made by Vanuatu encouraging Guyana to increase the human, technical and financial resources allocated to the National Domestic Violence Oversight Committee and the National Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Violence; accelerate the delivery of quality health services, including to rural areas; and, finally, and intensify efforts to ensure that oil and petroleum production will not contribute to climate change and adversely affect biodiversity. 844. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela noted the interaction of Guyana with the universal periodic review and the presentation of the progress made and the challenges encountered by the country. Guyana had informed about its efforts to reduce the levels of crime and violence, a priority in its 2013 and 2017 strategic plans, in particular by tackling the problems of drugs, domestic violence, juvenile delinquency and human trafficking. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hoped that its four recommendations would be welcomed by Guyana, including that to urgently adopt a suicide prevention plan, and wished the country progress in the implementation of accepted recommendations. 845. Afghanistan commended the delegation of Guyana for the updates provided and for its constructive engagement during the third universal periodic review. It welcomed the acceptance by Guyana of two of its recommendations, in particular on ensuring access to education for the children of migrant workers, regardless of the migratory status of their parents. Afghanistan considered that national human rights institutions played an important role in promoting and protecting human rights and strengthening public participation and ** The statements of the delegations that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/45session/Pages/Oralstatements.aspx 134