Ratify human rights treaties to which Tuvalu is not yet a party (Brazil); ratify, in particular, the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Switzerland, Italy); ratify core international human rights instruments, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Canada); give positive consideration, as a matter of priority, to ratification of at least the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Mexico); consider ratifying other key treaties, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Slovenia); sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Australia); sign and ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as soon as possible (France); Consider the possibility of acceding promptly at least to the main international instruments, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Algeria); ratify the Convention against Torture (Switzerland); Make good use of technical assistance from OHCHR to ratify expeditiously several major human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Japan); Meet its reporting obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Kingdom); Extend a standing invitation to human rights special procedures (Mexico); issue a standing invitation to all special procedures (Czech Republic); consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Council (Latvia); Effectively strengthen its human rights institutional framework and further promote concrete programmes to raise awareness of human rights (Czech Republic); Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles (France); call on the international community to offer very much needed technical assistance to Tuvalu as stipulated and outlined in paragraph 77 of the national report and to address the call by Tuvalu for technical assistance in the establishment of a human rights institution (Zambia); Build a national commission for human rights and a human rights office in the country, and provide human rights education programmes and awareness-raising activities, calling upon the international community to consider technical assistance and financial support (Brazil); Persevere along its path and ask the international community to provide all the technical and financial support needed by Tuvalu during this process, particularly for the setting up of a national human rights institution in conformity with the Paris Principles; continue its efforts to harmonize national legislation with international human rights instruments; continue awareness raising and dissemination of human rights principles among the population at large; and conduct human rights training for officers responsible for law enforcement (Morocco); Prioritize necessary reforms to modernize legislation and eliminate all forms of discrimination (United Kingdom); Keep working in cooperation with OHCHR on the theme of the upcoming Review Conference on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as it enters the final phase of its preparatory process (Brazil); Develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce domestic violence in Tuvalu, including by raising public awareness of the issue and identifying ways to combat such violence (New Zealand); implement effective means to ensure greater public awareness of the issues of domestic violence and gender discrimination and encourage greater involvement of Government agencies and civil society in efforts to address these issues (Australia); Convene the Court of Appeal in the interest of addressing the pending appeal to the High Court ruling of 2005 on the case of Teonea v. Kaupule (Canada); Continue actions and efforts to promote and protect human rights effectively on the ground and towards achieving the objectives set out in its national strategy for sustainable development (Cuba); Step up efforts on raising the awareness of the population of the impact of climate change and involve the population more in the decision-making process in mitigating and adapting to the consequences of such changes (Switzerland); continue to play an active role in promoting international cooperation to combat climate change (Philippines); continue to engage with the international community, particularly the major emitting countries of the developed world, many of whom are States members of the Council, working with them in order to protect the human rights of Tuvaluans by securing significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (Maldives); participate in discussions in the Council, scheduled for March 2009, on the relationship between human rights and climate change, in order to send a strong message to the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the importance of reaching an effective and workable global agreement on climate change mitigation and adaptation (Maldives); Accord appropriate attention to the education sector in the medium and long term as the only way to correct the lack of human resources and institutional capacities in the country (Algeria); Work with civil society on follow-up to the review (United Kingdom).
Intensificar las actividades de sensibilización de la población acerca del impacto del cambio climático y hacer que la población participe más en la adopción de decisiones para mitigar las consecuencias de tal cambio y adaptarse a él (Suiza); seguir desempeñando un papel activo en la promoción de la cooperación internacional para la lucha contra el cambio climático (Filipinas); seguir colaborando con la comunidad internacional, particularmente con los principales países emisores del mundo desarrollado, muchos de ellos miembros del Consejo, y trabajar con ellos para promover los derechos humanos de los tuvaluanos reduciendo considerablemente en el plano mundial las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (Maldivas); participar en los debates del Consejo, previstos para marzo de 2009, sobre la relación entre los derechos humanos y el cambio climático, a fin de enviar a todas las partes en la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático un claro mensaje sobre la importancia de llegar a un acuerdo global efectivo y viable sobre la mitigación del cambio climático y la adaptación a él (Maldivas);