A/HRC/38/5 Entrepreneurship initiative to encourage youth employment and support. Moreover, many human rights were enshrined in the country’s current institutional frameworks and projects. For instance, the Climate Finance and Risk Governance Assessment featured a gender and social inclusion analysis. 45. The country’s plan for implementing the universal periodic review was as follows: the recommendations made in the review were reported to the Cabinet, and the respective ministries responsible for implementation were mandated to examine the feasibility of incorporating them into their corporate and annual management plans. Progress on the whole of the ministries’ mandate, including the relevant recommendation or recommendations, was monitored quarterly and biannually, resulting in an annual report presented and approved by the Legislative Assembly prior to publication. Tonga was committed to implementing the recommendations and the Sustainable Development Goals in its national plan, the Tonga Strategic Development Framework II 2015–2025. The theme of the Framework, namely, “A more progressive Tonga: Enhancing our inheritance”, presented the country’s new development framework and mainstreamed the recommendations and the goals set out under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into national outcomes. For those recommendations that had been approved by the Government but not yet incorporated, a procedure existed to adapt the Tonga Strategic Development Framework. A robust and vigorous process of monitoring and evaluation took place quarterly, biannually and annually. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 46. During the interactive dialogue, 45 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. 47. Brazil congratulated Tonga on the entry into force of the Family Protection Act, which recognized domestic violence as a legal offence, and encouraged Tonga to ensure that the Act was fully implemented. It invited Tonga to continue efforts towards curbing violence against women. It also invited Tonga to explore synergies in mainstreaming women’s rights and empowerment while implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It recognized the establishment of the Ombudsman’s Office, an important step towards the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law. 48. Canada commended Tonga on implementing measures to address discrimination and violence against women and girls, such as the launch of a centre providing free legal advice and support to survivors of domestic violence. While commending Tonga on the holding of fair and peaceful national elections in November 2017, and noting the increased number of female parliamentarians, Canada invited Tonga to consider measures to further foster women’s participation in the forthcoming national election. 49. Chile urged Tonga to persevere in its efforts towards the ratification of the main human rights international instruments, while highlighting measures to eradicate gender and domestic violence and on the empowerment of women. Nonetheless, the representation of women in political decision-making posts remained low. 50. China welcomed the progress made in Tonga in developing the country’s economy to meet people’s needs, and in investing in education, including universal primary education. It highlighted the commitment of Tonga to gender equality, protecting women’s rights and fighting violence against women and children. 51. Côte d’Ivoire noted the persistent major challenges, particularly those regarding gender equality, the rights of women, for example to gain access to property ownership, the rights of children, prohibiting child marriages, and the rights of persons with disabilities. It noted that Tonga had not yet ratified the main international human rights instruments. 52. Cuba highlighted the measures adopted to implement the recommendations Tonga had accepted during the second review cycle. Cuba underscored the commitments made by Tonga to increasing the participation of women in public life and to strengthening human rights education and training for public officials. 7