A/HRC/38/14 122. Greece expressed appreciation for efforts to tackle human trafficking, and to promote women’s empowerment and capacity-building through national programmes. 123. Honduras welcomed actions and measures to implement the recommendations received in previous review cycles. 124. Hungary encouraged continued efforts to ensure gender equality, including in the judicial system, and to address violence against children. 125. Iceland commended efforts to empower women, and noted improvements made regarding gender parity in ministerial positions and wage equality for similar work. 126. India commended initiatives to uphold the rights of contract and expatriate workers through a more transparent contract policy. 127. Indonesia welcomed the establishment of human rights units and complaint mechanisms, and efforts to combat human trafficking through the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking and its Strategic Plan. 128. Iraq commended developments at the normative and institutional levels, and the adoption of national plans and strategies to improve the human rights situation. 129. Ireland welcomed the creation of the national Human Rights Committee, and urged the United Arab Emirates to establish a national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles. 130. Italy welcomed efforts to combat human trafficking. 131. Japan acknowledged the adoption of the National Tolerance Programme in 2016 as a sign of commitment to protecting the values of tolerance and multiculturalism. 132. Jordan praised cooperation with various stakeholders, including civil society organizations, in preparing the national report. 133. Kenya commended progress made in implementing human rights and the support provided to the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 134. Kuwait appreciated the efforts to prepare the national report, and to promote human rights at the national and international levels. 135. Latvia made recommendations. 136. Bulgaria highlighted the voluntary pledges regarding the establishment of an independent national human rights commission, in accordance with the Paris Principles. 137. Sri Lanka welcomed measures promoting women’s rights, and the efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve migrant workers’ conditions. 138. Pakistan noted with appreciation the establishment of a committee to respond to communications regarding human rights. 139. The head of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates thanked all the delegations present for their contributions and stated that the recommendations would be a guiding light for the next four years in improving the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates. He reiterated that the United Arab Emirates had repealed article 53 of the Penal Code and had ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. 140. A member of the delegation said that legislation had been adopted enabling women to pass on Emirati nationality to their children. Over the past four years, the Ministry of the Interior had held 3,500 human rights training sessions for law enforcement officials. 10