A/HRC/12/30 page 2 4. The Government called on the Human Rights Council not to lose sight of the problem of application of unilateral coercive measures and to react immediately to any unlawful actions by States that are contrary to international law and the Charter of the United Nations. COSTA RICA [Original: Spanish] [17 June 2009] 5. The Government indicated that Costa Rica, as a Member State of the World Trade Organization, respected and fulfilled the principles that govern the World Trade Organization, including the rejection of unilateral coercive economic measures. The Government further mentioned that, as a Member State of the United Nations, it respected international law, favoured the freedom of international trade and would endorse a limitation to such freedom only if it were imposed in accordance with international law and within the framework of the United Nations or the World Trade Organization. IRAQ [Original: Arabic] [17 June 2009] 6. The Government recalled that article 32 of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974 provides that no State may use or encourage the use of economic, political or any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights. 7. In this context, the Government reported difficulties faced by Iraq since the fall of the previous regime. It stated that Iraq had suffered unilateral coercive measures imposed by some neighbouring countries, including the smuggling of people into Iraq, the encroachment upon the waters of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, the dumping of toxic industrial waste, and the forced deportation of Iraqi refugees. The Government also expressed concern over Iraqi migrants in other countries who were facing poverty, child labour, prostitution, financial deprivation and forced deportation. 8. The Government is committed to taking legislative and administrative measures in accordance with international human rights law and to concluding international treaties with its neighbouring countries to confront and curb unilateral coercive measures. SPAIN [Original: Spanish] [24 June 2009] 9. The Government indicated that, as of the date of the response, no State was using or fomenting the use of unilateral coercive measures of an economic, political or any other nature against Spain.