A/HRC/15/8 21. Key national priorities included the constitutional review process and the judicial and police reforms. Since 2003, Kenya had expressed its commitment to addressing impunity for human rights violations as well as economic crimes. In July 2009, a Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission had been appointed to that end. 22. Ethnicity remained highly politicized, and the 2008 National Cohesion and Integration Act outlawed discrimination on ethnic grounds, through the operational National Cohesion and Integration Commission. 23. Enhancing security was a major concern, and administrative and institutional reforms were ongoing. Poverty remained a major impediment to the meeting of basic needs, particularly for women and children. Efforts were being focused on universal primary education, access to basic health and expanded productive capacity in agriculture. 24. The Environmental Policy Framework Paper, aimed at tightening environmental management, policy and legislation, had commenced. 25. Kenya was committed to working closely with the special procedures, as demonstrated by the visit of six special rapporteurs. 26. Kenya welcomed assistance in building capacity sufficient to develop appropriate human rights indices and in the operationalization of the new constitution. 27. Despite all the challenges it faced, Kenya was committed to the promotion and protection of human rights at the national and international levels. Kenya had finalized the development of a National Policy and Action Plan for Human Rights so as to rationally establish human rights goals and priorities and link human rights to the national planning and development agenda. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 28. During the interactive dialogue, 55 delegations made statements. Twenty-two additional statements, which could not be delivered during the interactive dialogue owing to time constraints, will be posted on the extranet of the universal periodic review when available.1 Recommendations made during the dialogue are found in section II of the present report. Many delegations welcomed the comprehensive national report, which had been formulated through a consultative process involving all relevant stakeholders and the commitment of Kenya to the universal periodic review. 29. Burkina Faso welcomed the fact that Kenya was a party to most of the core human rights instruments. It noted with satisfaction achievements related to human rights protection, including the establishment of legislative guarantees, the institutional framework and its cooperation with international human rights mechanisms. It referred to difficulties persisting in terms of food security and protecting the rights of minorities and marginalized groups, and encouraged the pursuit of legislative and institutional reforms to improve human rights in those areas with the support of OHCHR. It made a recommendation. 30. India felt encouraged by Kenya’s policy efforts, particularly the first medium-term plan under Vision 2030, aimed at national reconciliation and economic development. Referring to institutional and structural shortcomings, India acknowledged the comprehensive legislative review under way. It recognized various poverty alleviation 1 Switzerland, the Congo, Latvia, Pakistan, Nepal, Chile, Canada, Poland, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Rwanda, Maldives, South Africa, Lesotho, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Burundi, the United Republic of Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Italy. 5