A/HRC/11/30* publish official figures concerning executions and death sentences, (ii) restrict the application of the death penalty to the most serious crimes according to international minimum standards and (iii) consider the establishment of a moratorium on the use of death penalty with a view to its abolition. Italy recommended that Malaysia (c) adhere to the 1951 Convention on the Status of the Refugees and its additional Protocols. 94. Lithuania recommended that Malaysia (a) facilitate attempts indicated in the report to the UPR procedure in order to ratify the core human rights instruments, in particular ICCPR and ICESCR; (b) reconsider consequences of the death penalty to the society and to take steps to reduce the number of crimes which carry death penalty as sanction, and secondly, to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty that would be followed by abolition. In furthering protection of the rights of women Lithuania recommended (c) ratifying the OP-CEDAW. 95. H.E. Tan Sri Rastam Mohd. Isa, Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked delegations for raising important and pertinent issues. He briefly touched on measures taken by the Government to advance and protect the rights of disabled persons. The Government was working towards completing the ratification process for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which it had signed in April 2008. 96. He informed that the status of indigenous people had been legally recognised since 1954 and was fully enshrined in the Federal Constitution. In accordance with the Constitution, the indigenous population had always been represented in the Senate of the Malaysian Parliament. 97. He also provided further information on the role of the Government in ensuring the right to health for all in Malaysia. Around 98 per cent of the health care costs in primary, secondary and tertiary public health care facilities were borne by the Federal Government. Basic health care services are available to and accessible for more than 95 per cent of the population in Peninsular Malaysia and 70 per cent of the population in Sabah and Sarawak. To meet the healthcare demands of an increasingly aging population Malaysia endeavoured to provide geriatric services in all government hospitals. The Government had also initiated programmes aimed at providing sanitary latrines and clean water supply to the rural population. So far, 98 per cent of rural houses have been provided with sanitary latrines and 95 per cent of those have been provided clean water supply. 98. Concerning persons with disabilities, the Policy on Persons With Disabilities (PWD) and its Plan of Action was approved in December 2007. In accordance with the Persons With Disabilities Act 2008, the National Council for Persons With Disabilities was established. Information was provided on the membership and mandate of the Council, which included responsibility for monitoring the implementation of the National Policy and Plan of Action. Malaysia was consulting with relevant stakeholders, including Government departments, with a view to moving towards ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 99. Malaysia had succeeded in achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 1970, half of all households in Malaysia were living in poverty. By 2007, only 3.6 per cent of households were classified as poor, although poverty levels still varied by state and ethnic groups. It was the objective of the Government to fully eradicate hardcore poverty, which now stands at 0.8 per cent, by 2010. Hardcore poverty was defined as those earning less than 50 per cent of the poverty line income. 100. The delegation of Malaysia informed that universal primary education was achieved by 1990. Attendance of girls has increasingly exceeded that of boys at secondary and tertiary levels. The Government also recognised the importance of education for the Orang Asli children and children of other indigenous groups, which had led to the introduction of a modified curriculum in Orang Asli primary schools and Penan schools of Sarawak that 20 GE.09-16360