A/HRC/21/12 124. The Philippines has laid down policies and mechanisms for PWDs to exercise their right to vote and has established satellite registration sites for PWDSs as well as provides assistance during elections. 125. In the Philippines, PWDs are actively engaged in policy and decision-making at the national and sub-national levels through the National Council on Disability Affairs, and in the 17 regional committees on Disability Affairs, and as one of the 14 basic sectors under the National Anti-Poverty Council. Persons with Disability Affairs offices have also been established in 259 local government units; while 617 offices have designated focal persons and 214 offices have organized committees. 126. The Philippines is promoting a non-handicapping environment, aimed at promoting physical and social accessibility. The Philippines has formed a Task Force on Accessibility that ensures mobility in public transportation and regularly conducts accessibility audits in public and private buildings. 127. The Philippines thanked all the delegations and stakeholders of the Human Rights Council for their interest in the Philippines’ continuing mission to promote and protect the human rights of its peoples. The Philippines deeply appreciated the recognition given to its efforts and humble achievements in the field of human rights, while at the same time acknowledged that many challenges remained and that much more work needs to be done. 128. The head of delegation announced that the Presidential Human Rights Committee would work closely with the Philippine Commission on Human Rights in setting up a monitoring group for the implementation of the accepted recommendations arising from this review. Civil society and non-governmental organizations will be invited to participate in this undertaking. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 129. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below enjoy the support of the Philippines: ** 129.1. Further consolidate its national human rights infrastructure, including support to the Commission on Human Rights (Egypt); Continue to improve its capacity to uphold human rights, including by increasing the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) fiscal autonomy and organizational capacity, as well as further efforts to prevent human rights violations by Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippines National Police personnel (Australia); Continue the work to build-up the capacity in the area of human rights protection, including through strengthening the national human rights institution (Russian Federation); Intensify the efforts and measures to consolidate the state of law and its national mechanisms on human rights (Viet Nam); 129.2. Continue human rights education and training programmes, including for security and law enforcement officials (Egypt); Pursue its efforts in promoting education and training in human rights, in particular for the capacity-building of law enforcement officials (Morocco); Guarantee that armed forces and police benefit from human rights training (France); Further capacity building, such as Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 15