A/HRC/44/10 133. Cuba valued the constant reduction of the mortality rate among children under 1 year of age. 134. Cyprus commended Armenia for improvements in areas such as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. 135. Czechia noted positive developments in some areas, in particular in the sphere of media freedom and electoral rights. 136. Denmark commended Armenia for the improvements in gender equality and combating violence against women. Denmark noted with concern reports and allegations of torture and ill-treatment perpetrated by law enforcement officials. 137. Djibouti welcomed legislation to strengthen the human rights institutions and the National Strategy for Human Rights Protection and its Action Plan. 138. The Dominican Republic valued the signature of the Istanbul Convention and the strengthening of the Human Rights Defender’s mandate. 139. Ecuador noted the adoption of the strategy to combat corruption and its action plan. 140. Egypt welcomed the cooperation of Armenia with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 141. Estonia commended Armenia for the significant improvements in the conduct of free and fair elections and in safeguarding the freedom of association. 142. Ethiopia positively noted the measures taken with regard to trafficking in persons. 143. Fiji commended Armenia for its comprehensive plan for the social inclusion of persons with disabilities. 144. France welcomed efforts for the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law. 145. Georgia positively evaluated the steps taken towards gender equality and the empowerment of women. 146. Sweden noted harassment and incitement to hatred against human rights defenders and civil society, and stated that there was still no anti-discrimination legislation in place. 147. Rwanda welcomed the continuing efforts to prevent genocide and noted with appreciation the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 148. The delegation of Armenia stated that the universal periodic review was a strong success of the United Nations system for the promotion and protection of human rights. It thanked delegations who had acknowledged the success of Armenia in ensuring democratic developments. It reiterated that the recommendations issued would receive careful attention, and stated that it was confident that the outcome would contribute further to the strengthening of human rights protection and promotion in Armenia. It underlined that Armenia opposed the politicization of the universal periodic review process and referred to the statement by Azerbaijan. 149. The delegation of Azerbaijan made two points of order. It stated that in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the universal periodic review should assess the human rights situation in the State under review, which was Armenia and not Azerbaijan. It stated that in Security Council resolutions 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993) and General Assembly resolutions 60/285 and 62/243, there was no reference to “Nagorno-Karabakh”. In line with its earlier statement during the interactive dialogue, the delegation of Azerbaijan mentioned that the language used in the body established by the General Assembly should be only United Nations language. 150. The President of the Human Rights Council recalled that the Council was not a forum for settling territorial, substantial, bilateral or political issues and invited all delegations to use United Nations terminology. 151. The delegation of Armenia stated that the attempts of a particular delegation to misinterpret Security Council resolutions constituted a bland manipulation of their content and were completely false. According to United Nations language, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was mediated by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which on numerous 10