A/HRC/43/2 392. Greece welcomed the fact that Italy had accepted 292 recommendations, which represent above 95 per cent of the total recommendations it received. Greece commended Italy for accepting its three recommendations regarding the establishment of an independent national human rights institution; the combatting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and the strengthening of mechanisms in charge of combatting racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance. Greece reiterated its appreciation for the strong and sincere engagement of Italy with the universal periodic review process. 393. Guyana commended Italy for its engagement in the universal periodic review process and acceptance of 292 out of the 306 recommendations received. Guyana welcomed the commitment of Italy to honour its human rights obligations and encouraged the country to continue engaging with civil society organizations, in order to ensure the successful implementation of the accepted recommendations. 394. Solomon Islands thanked Italy for its continued constructive engagement with the universal periodic review mechanism. It recognised policy plans of Italy as it relates to human rights on equality, non-discrimination, the right to life, liberty, security of the person, the right to work, just and favourable conditions of work, migrants, refugees, as well as asylumseekers. Solomon Islands commended Italy for accepting the large majority of the recommendations received during the thirty-fourth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, including the two recommendations put forward by Solomon Islands. 395. The Islamic Republic of Iran appreciated the progress made by Italy in the promotion and protection of human rights. It was grateful that Italy had supported the recommendations made by it. It wished Italy all the success in the implementation of the accepted recommendations. 396. Iraq thanked Italy for the clear picture given to the Human Rights Council about the human right situation in the country. Iraq also thanked Italy because it had supported the recommendations made by Iraq regarding the establishment of a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles and the adoption of further humanitarian measures for migrants and refugees. 397. Libya thanked Italy for its active participation in the universal periodic review and for its efforts to protect and promote human rights. It noted the positive involvement of Italy with all the international human rights mechanisms. Libya commended Italy for its announcement to establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles. 398. Malawi commended Italy for the implementation of recommendations accepted during its previous universal periodic review cycle. It further commended Italy for strengthening the human rights institutions and adopting measures to protect victims of domestic and gender-based violence. Malawi also noted the adoption by Italy of a National Action Plan against racism, xenophobia and other related forms of intolerance and wished to reiterate the call for inclusion of people of African descents as a special group that suffers from racial discrimination in the Plan. 399. Morocco welcomed the increased number of normative and structural measures adopted by Italy in order to reinforce the promotion and protection of human rights in the country. Aware of the efforts made by Italy in the area of migration, Morocco noted with satisfaction that the country is taking into account the integration as a key concept, in the fields of asylum and regular migration. 68