A/HRC/12/13 Page 17 43. Continue with initiatives aimed at increasing the number of women in education and employment (Lebanon); 44. Redouble its advocacy efforts to enhance public awareness on gender equality and women’s role in social and economic development (Republic of Korea); 45. Strengthen measures, both in regard to policy and legislation, to combat discrimination and violence against women (Germany); 46. Continue efforts to improve the status of women and to empower them (Jordan); maintain its efforts aimed at strengthening the status of women in society (Turkey); 47. Intensify efforts to reduce the gap between the sexes in all political, economic and social activities of the country, to bring down the child mortality rate and to better protect the most vulnerable social groups (Viet Nam); 48. Continue measures to enhance the protection of the human rights of women and gender equality, taking into account the observations of the CEDAW Committee (Philippines); 49. Continue to consolidate existing legal and institutional frameworks to further improve the situation of women in society (Bangladesh); continue to work towards improving the opportunities for women within society in order to empower them to become an important driving force for development (Thailand); 50. Continue to implement measures designed to promote and protect the rights of children (Belarus); 51. Continue with measures to protect disadvantaged children and to create conditions for their fully-fledged development (Belarus); 52. Redouble its efforts to support persons with special needs and to facilitate their integration in public life (Qatar); 53. Abide only by internationally agreed principles of international law; in this regard, capital punishment does not fall within such agreed norms, the imposition of capital punishment is the prerogative of individual States (Sudan); 54. Stop the sentencing of children to any form of physical punishment (United Kingdom); 55. Ensure compliance with its obligations under article 37 (a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child not to impose capital punishment for offences committed by persons below 18 years of age (Canada); 56. Ensure that the death penalty is not applied to minors, in keeping with resolutions adopted by the United Nations in this area (Mexico); 57. Review the use of the death penalty on minors and mentally disabled persons (Hungary);