A/HRC/14/7 second phase of its literacy campaign, “Yes, I can continue”, with the support of Cuba and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Juancito Pinto programme had significantly reduced the school dropout rate. Bolivia had also developed a programme to professionalize teachers and had increased their salary. Infrastructure had been improved, benefitting more than 600,000 children and young people. Bolivia had established three indigenous intercultural universities: one in Warisata, in the Aymara region; one that provided instruction in the Quechua language, in Chimore; and one that provided instruction in the Guaraní language, in the Machareti region. 95. Bolivia was combating poverty, the principal cause of human rights violations, and was making use of its right to self-determination, which was why it was promoting the plurality of its State. 96. Bolivia noted the importance of the protection of Mother Earth, the environment and biodiversity. Bolivia had called for the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, to be held in Cochabamba in April 2010, to which all were invited. 97. In its concluding remarks, Bolivia indicated that it had noted all comments and had tried to answer all questions. Pending answers would be sent in writing. Bolivia expressed its appreciation for the support demonstrated through the constructive participation of States and the critical interventions made, since it was important to learn to listen and engage in dialogue. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 98. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below have been examined by Bolivia and enjoy its support: 1. To consider ratifying or acceding to the international human rights instruments to which it is not yet party (Nigeria); to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Switzerland); to consider ratifying, as early as possible, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Second Protocol thereto (Argentina); 2. To continue to exercise its right to self-determination and independence and to move forward with its sovereign commitment to positioning its legal system so as to meet the needs of its people, as is already being done (Cuba); 3. To strengthen its legal framework and mechanism for promoting and protecting the human rights of its population (Lao People’s Democratic Republic); 4. To promote the adoption, on a priority basis, of the draft bill for the prevention and elimination of all forms of discrimination and to consider favourably the criminalization of racial discrimination, in keeping with recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and other international mechanisms (Mexico); to include the criminalization of all forms of racial discrimination in the draft bill on the elimination of all forms of discrimination, expected to be adopted by the Legislature, as recommended by the Special Rapporteur on indigenous people, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations country team, if that has not yet been done (Guatemala); 14