A/HRC/18/6 concerns. It noted it was imperative for the Government to resolve internal disputes and pay greater attention to the principles of international human rights. It made recommendations. 94. Bangladesh highlighted that capacity-building and availability of assistance should be key issues in the UPR of Somalia. It noted that there was scope for further strengthening of efforts in addressing violence against women and children, including FGM. It stated that United Nations agencies and stakeholders needed to provide technical assistance and training to Somalia. Bangladesh made recommendations. 95. Cuba noted it was difficult to apply the UPR’s general focus to Somalia. It noted the TFG only controlled part of the country and cannot act in Somaliland and Puntland. It noted that the armed conflict also impacted the territory under the TFG, highlighting that the conflict had roots in Somalia’s colonial past. It expressed concern over hunger, food shortages and drought as well as over the situation of health and education. It made a recommendation. 96. China appreciated that the TFG attaches importance to human rights protection, as demonstrated by its efforts to create a positive atmosphere for human rights, a willingness to take concrete measures to protect the children’s rights, minority groups and persons with disabilities. China expressed understanding of the challenges faced by the TFG and hoped that the international community would provide it with appropriate assistance in the human rights field. 97. Costa Rica expressed concern for the human rights situation in Somalia, particularly for women and girls; and for all those abuses that occur with lack of institutions, lack of rule of law and impunity. The international community should redouble efforts to aim for institutional capacity that covers all territory and called upon donors to support these efforts. It made recommendations. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 98. The response of Somalia to the recommendations made during the interactive dialogue will be included in the outcome report adopted by the Human Rights Council at its eighteenth session in September 2011. The participants to the interactive dialogue recommended that Somalia: 98.1. Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OP-CAT), accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED) and ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (France); 98.2. Sign and ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopt national plans to combat violence against women, particularly female genital mutilation, and promote equal opportunities for men and women (France); 98.3. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict and endorse the Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups (France); 98.4. Sign and ratify CEDAW and its Optional Protocol, CED, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol, OP-CAT, the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, and ratify CRC and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict and OP-ICESCR (Spain); 13