A/HRC/14/11 growth rates had also increased. The health system had grown from 965 health units in 2003 to 1,986 in 2008. Between 2003 and 2008, the number of primary and secondary health units had increased from 696 to 1,485, the number of health centres had grown from 162 to 317, and the number of provincial hospitals had risen from 52 to 132. The number of medical faculties had grown from one to six, including a private one, and the conditions had been established for the opening in seven academic regions of seven health technology institutes. Vaccination coverage had risen from 35 per cent in 2002 to 80 per cent in 2008. 9. In the education sector, the Government had launched the National Education Reconstruction Plan to rehabilitate, consolidate and expand the education system with the aim of achieving a primary gross enrolment rate exceeding 127 per cent in 2010 and a 77 per cent reduction in the illiteracy rate. As for special education programmes for disabled people, in addition to the projects under way, such as standardization of sign language and the establishment of a national centre to diagnose and monitor pupils with special education needs, 3,128 teachers were engaged in special education, but less than 50 per cent of the target population was covered. 10. While noting that Angola still had a long way to go, the delegation pointed out that the international community was itself aware of what needed to be done, in particular in terms of development funding and respect for commitments made at major international conferences. 11. The Angolan delegation mentioned the amendment of the Constitution Act, the signing of the peace agreements and more recently the approval and adoption of a new Constitution as three crucial factors defining the period covered by the national report. 12. Another factor that played an important role in deciding the report’s coverage period had been the decision by the United Nations Security Council to terminate the United Nations verification mission and to transfer all the work previously done by the United Nations Office for human rights to the resident coordinator, thus demonstrating that in Angola there was no longer any cause for concern about the protection of human rights. 13. In its national report Angola attached greater importance to rights related directly to the implementation of a Government strategy for combating poverty, the aim of which was to improve human development indices. But it did not disregard civil and political rights, for the following two reasons: rights were indivisible, and questions such as human dignity and rights, freedoms and guarantees were covered by the current Constitution. 14. The Constitution entrenched the prohibition of the death penalty and contained provisions to establish mechanisms to monitor and guarantee the right to life. Such fundamental rights, like others, were safeguarded by various laws, the basis of which was in keeping with international human rights treaties. 15. The judiciary played an important role in defending human rights. The national report dealt with the question of access to justice in comprehensive terms, emphasizing knowledge of the law, access to the courts and other forms of conflict resolution such as arbitration, mediation and conciliation, access to prompt justice, procedural and judicial safeguards, the dignity of the entire justice system and citizens’ trust in the system. 16. Lastly, the Angolan Government reiterated that it was aware that there was still much to be done to ensure progress, welfare and respect for human rights in the country. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 17. During the interactive dialogue, 56 delegations made statements. Additional statements by 21 delegations, which could not be delivered during the dialogue owing to 4 GE.10-12527