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8.
Build a national commission for human rights and a human rights office in the
country, and provide human rights education programmes and awareness-raising
activities, calling upon the international community to consider technical
assistance and financial support (Brazil);
9.
Persevere along its path and ask the international community to provide all the
technical and financial support needed by Tuvalu during this process, particularly
for the setting up of a national human rights institution in conformity with the
Paris Principles; continue its efforts to harmonize national legislation with
international human rights instruments; continue awareness raising and
dissemination of human rights principles among the population at large; and
conduct human rights training for officers responsible for law enforcement
(Morocco);
10.
Prioritize necessary reforms to modernize legislation and eliminate all forms of
discrimination (United Kingdom);
11.
Keep working in cooperation with OHCHR on the theme of the upcoming
Review Conference on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance as it enters the final phase of its preparatory process (Brazil);
12.
Develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce domestic violence in Tuvalu,
including by raising public awareness of the issue and identifying ways to combat
such violence (New Zealand); implement effective means to ensure greater public
awareness of the issues of domestic violence and gender discrimination and
encourage greater involvement of Government agencies and civil society in
efforts to address these issues (Australia);
13.
Convene the Court of Appeal in the interest of addressing the pending appeal to
the High Court ruling of 2005 on the case of Teonea v. Kaupule (Canada);
14.
Continue actions and efforts to promote and protect human rights effectively on
the ground and towards achieving the objectives set out in its national strategy for
sustainable development (Cuba);
15.
Step up efforts on raising the awareness of the population of the impact of climate
change and involve the population more in the decision-making process in
mitigating and adapting to the consequences of such changes (Switzerland);
continue to play an active role in promoting international cooperation to combat
climate change (Philippines); continue to engage with the international
community, particularly the major emitting countries of the developed world,
many of whom are States members of the Council, working with them in order to
protect the human rights of Tuvaluans by securing significant global reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions (Maldives); participate in discussions in the Council,
scheduled for March 2009, on the relationship between human rights and climate
change, in order to send a strong message to the parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change on the importance of reaching an
effective and workable global agreement on climate change mitigation and
adaptation (Maldives);
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