A/HRC/31/4 preparation for the national policy on gender, that measures had been put in place to implement laws on trafficking in persons and that procedures had been developed to identify victims of trafficking. 60. Mexico expressed appreciation for the adoption in 2012 of the Trafficking in Persons Act and the submission in 2014 of a bill to Congress for the creation of an office of gender affairs. Mexico congratulated the Government for giving priority to developing a national gender policy and submitting its national report under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 61. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by the Federated States of Micronesia and enjoy the support of the Federated States of Micronesia: 61.1 Engage with the United Nations and development partners when technical support is required (Timor-Leste); 61.2 Continue to engage multilateral, regional and bilateral partners with a view to build its capacity and its resources for the effective implementation of its anti-human trafficking programmes as well as disaster risk reduction measures and climate change adaption and mitigation programmes (Philippines). 62. The following recommendations will be examined by the Federated States of Micronesia, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-first session of the Human Rights Council, in March 2016: 62.1 Ratify the remaining core international human rights treaties, in particular the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and its Optional Protocol, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocols, the Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Portugal); 62.2 Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the other core international human rights instruments, as well as their optional protocols (Sierra Leone); 62.3 Continue its engagement by ratifying other international instruments, in particular the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Algeria); 62.4 Strengthen its legal framework by acceding to the international human rights promotion and protection instruments to which it is not yet party, notably the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (France); 62.5 Continue its engagement by ratifying other international instruments, in particular the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Algeria); ** The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 11

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