Permanent Mission of India, Geneva

Human Rights Council
30th Session (14 September-02 October 2015)
Adoption of the Report of the Working Group
on the Universal Periodic Review of Maldives
(24 September 2015)

Statement by India

Mr. President,

India warmly welcomes the delegation of Maldives for the adoption of the report of the Working Group on its Universal Periodic Review. We thank the delegation for their comprehensive presentation. India was glad to assist this process as one of the countries amongst the Troika for the UPR of Maldives, along with France and Argentina.

2.      We appreciate the constructive participation of the Government of Maldives in the UPR process, which witnessed the participation of 102 delegations resulting in 258 recommendations. We note that Maldives is ready to accept as many as 198 recommendations including the recommendation made by our delegation on better protection of foreign workers and effective implementation of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act.

3.      India believes that Maldives has gained much from its participation in the UPR and will continue to intensify its efforts to implement the recommendations accepted by it in the coming years. While recommending the adoption of the report on its UPR, we warmly congratulate Maldives for its successful review. We wish the Government of Maldives all success in implementing the accepted recommendations.

Thank you, Mr. President.

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