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Permanent Mission of India, Geneva

Human Rights Council

29th Session (15 June-03 July 2015)

Adoption of the Report of the Working Group
on the Universal Periodic Review of Lao PDR
 (25 June 2015)
Statement by India

Mr. President,

1. India warmly welcomes the delegation of Lao People’s Democratic Republic for the adoption of the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review held on 20th January 2015. We thank the delegation for providing its response to recommendations as an addendum to the report and its statement.

2. We commend Lao PDR for the receptive and constructive manner in which it participated in the UPR mechanism. The review reflected the intense participation and engagement by peer countries, with as many as 73 delegations taking the floor and 196 recommendations addressed to Lao PDR which cover a range of human rights both in the realm of promotion and protection. It is encouraging to note that Lao PDR accepted as many as 116 recommendations including two of the three recommendations made by India.

3. India believes that Lao PDR has gained much from its participation in the UPR and will continue with its efforts to implement the recommendations accepted by it in the coming years. We warmly congratulate Lao PDRfor its successful review and wish it all success in implementing accepted recommendations

Thank you, Mr. President.

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