A/HRC/34/14 71. Mongolia welcomed the strengthening of the national human rights institution and the drafting of the national human rights plan. It encouraged Haiti to mainstream human rights policies in the Strategic Development Plan. 72. Montenegro welcomed programmes to provide free high-quality education to children, especially children with disabilities. It enquired about planned governmental action to ensure that women’s rights were fully promoted and protected. 73. Morocco welcomed the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, the signing of the Convention against Torture and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the acquisition of A status by the Ombudsman’s Office and the professionalization of the National Police. 74. Mozambique welcomed the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the signing of the Convention against Torture and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. It took note of the national contingency plan to address natural disasters and the creation of a technical unit to provide assistance to the most vulnerable people. 75. Namibia encouraged the Government to pursue its efforts to reform the justice sector and to reinforce action to combat violence against women and girls, particularly in camps for displaced persons. 76. First, the delegation of Haiti thanked the delegations for the solidarity shown in the wake of the natural disasters that had recently struck the country. 77. The delegation recalled that the electoral process was ongoing. Hurricane Matthew had struck Haiti a few days before the elections, which had originally been scheduled for 9 October. As a result, the Provisional Electoral Council had been forced to postpone them to 20 November 2016. Despite the significant level of damage that had been caused, the Government had committed itself to taking all necessary measures to rebuild the voting centres and schools so that the elections could take place on the new date. 78. In that regard, the Government had undertaken to ensure that the elections organised by the Provisional Electoral Council were a neutral and impartial process. Consequently, the Ministry of Justice and Public Security had organized meetings with police forces and government commissioners to ensure that the administration did not interfere with the electoral process. 79. With regard to prolonged pretrial detention, the delegation stressed that it was a matter of great concern to the Government and reiterated that significant progress had been made in several departments, particularly in the west of the country. 80. The question of pretrial detention had been the subject of a policy statement presented by the Prime Minister and subsequently ratified by parliament, leading to the creation of the recently established presidential commission. The purpose of the commission was to draw up a definitive list of detainees, particularly those being held in prolonged pretrial detention, in order to plan and schedule dates for criminal court hearings with the presiding judges of the courts of first instance, chief prosecutors and government commissioners. 81. As a result, the delegation expected the number of detainees held in prolonged pretrial detention to fall by around half. GE.16-22488 9