(e) To continue to create an environment conducive to the conduct of legitimate political activity and to support the role of non-governmental organizations in order to solidify democratic development in Cambodia; (f) To continue its efforts to improve human rights, especially those of women and children, and to make additional efforts, in concert with the international community, to combat key problems such as human trafficking, issues related to poverty, sexual violence, domestic violence and sexual exploitation of women and children; (g) To take all steps to meet its obligations under international human rights instruments and to further strengthen its cooperation with United Nations agencies, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, including through enhanced dialogues and development of joint activities; (h) To continue to promote the rights and dignity of all Cambodians by providing political, economic and social freedom through the continuous and enhanced implementation of its rectangular strategy and various reform programmes; III. CONCLUSION 6. Invites the Secretary-General, agencies of the United Nations system present in Cambodia and the international community, including non-governmental organizations, to continue to work with the Government of Cambodia in improving democracy as well as ensuring the protection and promotion of the human rights of all people in Cambodia, including by providing assistance, inter alia, in the fields of: (a) Drafting various laws necessary for protecting and promoting human rights; (b) Capacity-building to strengthen legal institutions, including by improving the quality of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court staff; (c) Capacity-building to strengthen national institutions for criminal investigation and law enforcement as well as providing equipment necessary for these ends; (d) Assisting assessment of progress in human rights issues; 7. Encourages the Government of Cambodia and the international community to provide all the necessary assistance to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to bring justice for the most serious cases of violations of human rights in the country, which would ensure the non-return to the policies and practices of the past, as stipulated in the Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict; 8. Takes note of the work conducted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Cambodia and of the re-engagement of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the Government of Cambodia; 41

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