A/HRC/34/14 force by the police during peaceful demonstrations. It underscored the importance of political commitment to the electoral process. 111. Thailand welcomed the adoption of the Strategic Development Plan and the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 112. With regard to its commitment to international instruments, the delegation of Haiti stated that the State had made great progress towards universalising international human rights instruments by adopting and ratifying several such instruments. 113. By way of conclusion, the delegation stated that the Government would continue to strive to be a full party to the current international instruments and to those that would be ratified shortly. Furthermore, despite the exceptional difficulties caused by Hurricane Matthew, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to holding early, free and democratic elections in accordance with the recommendations made during the review. 114. With regard to the rights of women and minors, the Government acknowledged the current lack of female members of parliament and stated that it expected the representation of women to improve following the elections in November. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 115. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Haiti and enjoy the support of Haiti: 115.1 Adopt, in consultation with civil society, a plan of action to prioritise, ratify and implement key international human rights treaties (Australia); 115.2 Continue the process of ratification of the main international human rights instruments (Italy); 115.3 Continue to study and consider the ratification of more international human rights instruments (Syrian Arab Republic); 115.4 Carry out efforts to ratify the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (El Salvador); 115.5 Speed up the process of ratification of the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (Georgia); 115.6 Ratify the Convention against Torture (Botswana) (Montenegro) (Spain); 115.7 Ratify the Convention against Torture (Iraq); 115.8 Ratify the Convention against Torture (Senegal); 115.9 Take steps to ratify the Convention against Torture (Norway); 115.10 Intensify its efforts to ratify the Convention against Torture (Denmark); 115.11 Ratify the Convention against Torture, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) (Paraguay); ** The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 12 GE.16-22488