A/HRC/10/80 page 17 92. Turning to the national policy for the advancement of women, she said that a mid-term review of the plan of action for the advancement of women for 2006-2010 was under way. 93. As for forced marriage, she said that the Code of the Individual and the Family set the minimum age of marriage for girls and boys at 17 and 20 respectively. Marriage before those ages required the approval of the parents. A programme to combat child marriage should be launched soon and would include strategies to involve traditional leaders. 94. The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law coordinated Government efforts in international human rights law. The Committee had reaffirmed the independence of the National Human Rights Commission and the Parliamentary Committee on general, institutional and human rights affairs. Her Ministry provided technical assistance to those bodies. 95. With regard to the right to housing, she said that support from the international community would increase the number of low-cost housing units provided through her Government’s housing initiative from 10,000 to 50,000. 96. The children’s parliament, established in 1997, had played an active part in the implementation of children’s programmes. It had for example promoted sponsorship of at least 1,000 disadvantaged children. 97. Lastly, she said that the National Health Promotion Plan 2006-2010 took into account the need to increase children’s access to health care. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 98. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Burkina Faso and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Burkina Faso: 1. Accede to the 1960 UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (Algeria); 2. Continue to implement the United Nations Convention against Corruption to prevent and punish corruption (France); 3. Ensure the effective application of the Convention against Torture (Luxembourg), ratify the Optional Protocol thereto (Netherlands, Mexico, Benin, Denmark, Luxembourg) and establish a national preventive mechanism (Benin, Denmark); 4. Ensure that the statute of the national human rights commission is in conformity with the Paris Principle, to ensure that it is fully operational, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Luxembourg); consider the structure and function of the national human rights commission (Netherlands); ensure its independence, particularly in adjusting its competences and funding (Belgium), in accordance with the Paris Principles (Netherlands, Belgium);