A/HRC/21/9 to ensure that the legislation struck the right balance between the right to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation. 108. The United Kingdom thanked the President of the Human Rights Council for her careful stewardship of the session and thanked other member states for their interventions which were thought provoking and challenging but delivered in a spirit of cooperation. Due to the time constraints it was not possible to cover all the questions raised but the United Kingdom undertook to send written responses. The United Kingdom Government now looked forward to discussing the recommendations both at state level and with the Devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There would also be consultation with the UK’s three National Human Rights Institutions and other NGOs before formally responding to the Human Rights Council in September. 109. The United Kingdom was pleased to be standing as a candidate for the Human Rights Council for the term 2014–2016. If re-elected, it would continue to strive for enhanced promotion of human rights and for further cooperation on human rights among all Member States and across the United Nations system. The United Kingdom finished by reminding other States that the United Kingdom would be celebrating two major events this summer, Her Britannic Majesty’s Golden Jubilee and the London Olympic and ParaOlympic Games. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 110. The following recommendations will be examined by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council in September 2012. The response of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to these recommendations will be included in the outcome report adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first session in September 2012: ** 110.1. Ratify the First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (Estonia); 110.2. Accept the full implementation of the provisions of the CAT and the ICCRP in overseas territories under its control (Iran (Islamic Republic of)); 110.3. Recognize the extraterritorial application of the CAT, according to its jurisprudence (Nicaragua); 110.4. Lift multiple reservations to international human rights treaties, including the ICESCR and the Optional Protocols to the CRC (Belarus); 110.5. Consider an early ratification of the newest international human right instrument – the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communication procedure (Slovakia); 110.6. Consider withdrawing its declaration to Article 1 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and raise the armed forces minimum recruitment age to 18 (Slovenia); 110.7. Withdraw its reservations to the CRC concerning detained and asylum seeking children (Iran (Islamic Republic of)); The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 15