A/HRC/14/14 protection of human rights. It referred to positive developments and the improvement in the well-being of the country’s citizens, despite the current difficulties, as detailed in the national report. Qatar made recommendations. 78. The delegation informed that the Ministry of Migration had been established to address the problems of internally displaced persons, refugees and victims of natural disasters and human trafficking. The Government had adopted a displacement policy defining the roles and needs of all involved, and substantial financial and service assistance was being provided by the Government in cooperation with international organizations. The Government had adopted a policy for voluntary return and integration. Financial and other incentives had been provided, and tens of thousands of families had effectively returned. 79. Iraq had agreed to visits by the Special Rapporteur on torture and the Representative of the Secretary-General on the rights of internally displaced persons. Iraq had received a visit by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict in 2008. Iraq had always been prepared for and open to visits by all Special Rapporteurs and representatives of the United Nations system. Iraq intended to submit overdue reports to treaty bodies by the end of 2010, in particular the reports on children’s rights. 80. Education was provided free of cost at all levels and without discrimination of any kind. The Government had, inter alia, doubled the portion of the budget set aside for education and research, increased the salaries of teachers and university professors, agreed with UNESCO to improve education in such areas as information and communications technology, and placed priority on protecting the copyrights of Iraqi scientists. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 81. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below enjoy the support of Iraq: 1. Consider the possibility of ratifying more human rights treaties, such as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Algeria); 2. Complete the process already started by Iraq, of accession and ratification of international conventions and treaties, in particular the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Sudan); 3. Consider ratification of the optional protocols of core international human right treaties it has already ratified or is in the process of ratifying (Philippines) 4. Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and also accepting the competence of the relevant committee (Argentina); 5. Harmonize its Constitution and international law standards (Slovenia); legislation with the accepted 6. Continue to strengthen human rights principles of the newly adopted Constitution (Kazakhstan); 7. Ensure that its domestic legislation and practice are in full compliance with the requirements of article 18 of the ICCPR (Poland); 8. Strengthen efforts to harmonize national human rights legislation with the relevant international instruments (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya); 12

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