A/HRC/45/2 691. In order to strengthen the human rights infrastructure in the country, Grenada had continued its work towards the creation of a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles. It was noted that this work would continue with technical support from the Commonwealth Secretariat. 692. Grenada pledged to maintain its efforts at climate change mitigation and disaster mitigation through the Ministry of Climate Resilience. It also pledged to continue its partnership with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with a view to the ratification and eventual incorporation of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean. 693. The head of the delegation noted that, in the last three reviews, Grenada had received recommendations regarding the decriminalization of sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex. In that regard, he noted that the Government of Grenada will continue to raise awareness with a view to combating discrimination based on sexual orientation. He pointed out that international partners of Grenada appreciated that these issues required fundamental policy change and the involvement of the wider Grenadian society before any change could be considered to its legislation. In that regard, he expressed that Grenada would seek technical assistance from OHCHR for engagement with the relevant local stakeholders as it pertains to these issues. 694. The head of the delegation thanked the secretariat for all its guidance in facilitating the participation of Grenada in this third universal periodic review cycle. He stated that the secretariat’s guidance was even more important with the advent of COVIC-19. He thanked the secretariat of the universal periodic review for providing its assistance to Grenada in preparing the pre-recorded video message in order to participate remotely in the adoption of the outcome report. 695. The head of the delegation thanked the Troika consisting of Brazil, India and Netherlands for their efficiency throughout the review, including the early transmission of the advanced questions. He also thanked all the delegations participating in the interactive dialogue, by making statements during the interactive dialogue and pushing the country to uphold higher standards of human rights. 696. Finally, the head of the delegation thanked the Commonwealth Secretariat for its support given in the consultative process on the establishment of a national human rights institution, looking forward to their continued assistance. 2. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Council on the outcome of the review 697. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Grenada, 12 delegations made statements.** 698. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela thanked Grenada for the efforts made in the implementation of the accepted universal periodic review recommendations. It commended Grenada for the training of more than 3000 young women and men through the labour incorporation programme, as well as for the very significant decrease in unemployment. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela commended Grenada for the assistance provided to ** The statements of the delegations that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/45session/Pages/Oralstatements.aspx 112