A/HRC/17/2 keep up these efforts, notably through the implementation of the recommendations accepted. 532. Algeria thanked Saint Kitts and Nevis for its replies to the 56 recommendations that it had received during the review. Saint Kitts and Nevis had accepted a recommendation by Algeria, asking it to determine the technical and financial assistance needed to improve the conditions of detention. Algeria had made a second recommendation, on the ratification of human rights international instruments, giving priority to the two international covenants; this recommendation, like other similar recommendations, had not been approved. Algeria was convinced that Saint Kitts and Nevis had not ratified many such instruments owing to limited resources for their implementation. Algeria hoped that this would be corrected with adequate international assistance from the relevant actors to help Saint Kitts and Nevis to fulfil its obligations resulting from those instruments. 533. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) welcomed the participatory approach adopted to draft the national report, and the readiness of Saint Kitts and Nevis to comply with human rights obligations, particularly within the universal periodic review process, as it had accepted most of the recommendations. It highlighted the progress made in the area of education, in particular with the establishment of free and compulsory education for children between 5 and 16 years of age and the implementation of the White Paper on Development and Educational Policy for 2009–2019. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) encouraged Saint Kitts and Nevis to continue to further its well-grounded education policy with technical assistance and unconditional international cooperation. 534. South Africa thanked Saint Kitts and Nevis for the additional information provided. Saint Kitts and Nevis had made known the steps taken in promoting and protecting human rights and the challenges it faced. South Africa encouraged the international community to provide the requested technical assistance in this regard. It was pleased that Saint Kitts and Nevis had considered positively the recommendation it had made, together with a large number of other recommendations. This displayed the commitment of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the universal periodic review process. South Africa encouraged Saint Kitts and Nevis to maintain its commitment to promote and protect human rights, and wished the Government well in the implementation of all recommendations accepted. 535. Morocco welcomed the commitment of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the review. It also welcomed the large number of recommendations accepted, the implementation of which would contribute to human rights protection, in particular through ambitious policies on economic, social and cultural development. Morocco believed that the challenges and constraints faced by this small island developing state were numerous and could not be tackled by Saint Kitts and Nevis alone, which had, however demonstrated its march towards strengthening democracy and the rule of law. Donors and international partners were called upon to reply to the requests made by Saint Kitts and Nevis relating to capacity-building and resources. Morocco encouraged Saint Kitts and Nevis to take advantage of the review in its ongoing consultations on constitutional, legislative and judicial reforms. 3. General comments made by other relevant stakeholders 536. Amnesty International welcomed the willingness of Saint Kitts and Nevis to implement its human rights obligations, including by seeking technical assistance, and hoped that it would enable the country to ratify the core human rights instruments. Amnesty International regretted the fact that Saint Kitts and Nevis had not supported the recommendations relating to the abolition of the death penalty, and called on the Government to repeal all provisions allowing for the death penalty and to declare a moratorium on executions. Amnesty International urged the Government to accept the recommendations aimed at decriminalizing sexual relations between consenting adults of 164 GE.12-13630