A/HRC/39/6 2017, women occupied 43 per cent of management positions in State entities. Some 8.6 per cent of the armed forces were women. 89. The human rights policy had been developed with the participation of some 9,000 organizations in 2013. Local governments had incorporated actions in their development plans and more than 50 per cent of those plans had been developed using a human rightsbased approach. 90. Colombia had a National Plan on Business and Human Rights, which was in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework. Progress was currently made in the design of the second phase of the National Plan. 91. Based on the peace agreement and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, Colombia was working on the formulation of the National Human Rights Action Plan, together with civil society. One of the aspects that had yet to be addressed was follow-up to international human rights recommendations. The national information system for monitoring human rights situations had been strengthened with the addition of 40 social, government and academic observatories. 92. A policy had been adopted on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Government had managed to reduce multidimensional poverty by 13.4 per cent between 2010 and 2017 and the number of Colombians living in extreme poverty had been halved over seven years. In 2017, some 49 per cent of total budget spending had been aimed at reducing poverty. 93. Since 2015, the education sector had ranked first in terms of national budget allocation. As at March 2018, some 95 per cent of the population was covered by health system affiliation. Although achievements had been made in terms of reducing maternal mortality, there was a disparity between urban and rural areas, which mostly affected indigenous and Afrodescendent communities. In order to improve quality of life, 1.5 million homes had been built, half of which had been provided free of charge or subsidized. 94. Regulation for environmental protection had been made more rigorous. The current Government had delimited 30 of the country’s 37 highland areas; 10 ecosystems had been included in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance and almost 300,000 km² of land had been declared protected areas (more than 20 per cent of the national territory). The Government was in the process of ratifying the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and progress was being made on the adoption of regional instruments, such as the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean. 95. Peru highlighted the efforts made by Colombia to address organized crime in rural areas where the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia used to exert its influence. Peru also noted the measures being taken to uphold the rule of law, ensure respect for human rights and promote access to land in rural areas. 96. The Philippines congratulated Colombia on its historic achievement in forging the peace agreement and on its successful integration of human rights in its National Development Plan 2014–2018. 97. Poland acknowledged the efforts of Colombia to comply with the recommendations it had accepted in 2013, particularly those concerning the protection of women and children. 98. Portugal commended the Government for its efforts to advance the peace process and its positive impact on the enjoyment of human rights in the country. 99. Qatar commended the implementation of structural changes and legal reforms in Colombia in the field of human rights, such as the National Strategy for Guaranteeing Human Rights 2014–2034. 9