during the Khmer Rouge era and believes it will significantly contribute to eradicating impunity and establishing the rule of law, inter alia, by exploiting its potential as a model court of Cambodia; 2. Welcomes the progress made with regard to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, including the detention in 2007 of the five main suspects and the submission of the first closing order on 8 August 2008, and supports the positions of the Government of Cambodia and the United Nations to proceed with the tribunal in a fair, efficient and expeditious manner given the advanced age and frail health of the persons charged and the long overdue justice for the people of Cambodia; 3. Also welcomes the assistance of a number of States to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and, noting the revised budget estimate endorsed on 17 July 2008, encourages the Government of Cambodia to work with the United Nations and States providing assistance to ensure the highest standards of administration of the Extraordinary Chambers, and invites further assistance for the Extraordinary Chambers in a prompt manner in order to ensure its successful functioning; II. DEMOCRACY AND SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 4. Welcomes: (a) The efforts and progress made by the Government of Cambodia in promoting legal and judicial reform under the leadership of the Council of Legal and Judicial Reform, including adopting and/or enforcing basic laws such as the civil procedure code, the criminal procedure code and the civil code; (b) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia in combating corruption, including the drafting of an anti-corruption law and efforts to bring corrupt officials to justice; (c) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia in combating trafficking in persons, including the creation of a national anti-trafficking task force in April 2007, increased law enforcement action against traffickers and complicit officials, and the promulgation of a new law on the suppression of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in February 2008; (d) The efforts made by the Government of Cambodia to resolve land issues through the implementation of land reform, in particular through the successful expansion of land demarcation and titling programmes; (e) The commitment of the Government of Cambodia to adhere to and implement the international human rights conventions, inter alia, the one made by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen on the occasion of the opening of the eighth informal Asia-Europe Meeting seminar on human rights, held in Siem Reap in September 2007, which included reference to the planned establishment of a national human rights institution; 39