A/HRC/40/13 Mediation. It commended measures taken for vulnerable groups, notably the strengthening of the legal framework to protect the rights of women and persons with disabilities. 70. Tunisia welcomed efforts to protect human rights and the establishment of the Office of the High Commissioner for the Protection of Rights and Liberties and for Mediation. It acknowledged the ratification of treaties, and action, to combat violence, trafficking in persons and xenophobia. 71. Replying to a question about conferral of Monegasque nationality, the delegation said that men and women were afforded equal treatment. There were three ways of acquiring Monegasque citizenship: by birth, by an act of the Prince (naturalization), or by having been married to a person holding Monegasque nationality for 10 years. Monegasque legislation guaranteed complete gender equality in that respect. 72. Regarding conventions to be signed, the study of the impact of possible accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance was currently being finalized. 73. As concerned access to health care for foreign children, health care was available to all without discrimination on the basis of sex, origin, age or severity of the condition. Sixty per cent of patients going to the Monaco hospital for treatment were non-residents; most of them came from France and Italy. State medical aid was available to persons who had been residing in the Principality for at least five years and whose income was below a certain threshold. It covered medical expenses related to pregnancy, illness other than occupational disease or workplace accidents, disability or death. 74. In response to a question concerning deafblind children, the delegation said that children with any impairment or disability received education support in the form of a person who accompanied them all day and assisted them in their schoolwork. 75. The delegation concluded by recalling that in Monaco, which currently hosted 141 nationalities on a territory of 2 km2, tolerance and human rights were fundamental. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 76. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Monaco and enjoy the support of Monaco: 76.1 Consider accession to the remaining core human rights conventions (Iraq); 76.2 Consider ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Ukraine); 76.3 Redouble its efforts to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and reaffirm its commitment to preventing torture (Uruguay); 76.4 Finalize the study on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and consider its ratification (Togo); 76.5 Consider reviewing its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Slovenia); 76.6 Examine the opportunity of withdrawing its reservations to articles 7 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Honduras); 76.7 Continue taking steps towards the setting up of an interministerial committee for the promotion and protection of women’s rights (Malta); 76.8 Complete the creation of the interministerial committee for the promotion and protection of the rights of women (Gabon); 10 GE.18-22679