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Request a major degree of solidarity and cooperation from neighbouring States in response to the problematic of being a landlocked country and in terms of the right of development for all

Take measures to address discrimination against persons belonging to the Batwa minority and improve their socioeconomic situation by ensuring their active participation in all decisions which affect them

Continue the efforts made to combat discrimination against minorities

Make easier the living conditions of the Batwa community which are of concern, particularly with regard to their access to land

Carry on with ensuring that children with disabilities have full access to education and health-care services

Adopt and implement a national programme for promoting education for girls at all levels and the eradication of root causes of school dropout

Comprehensively implement programmes to provide fair access, in line with international standards, to promote girls' education at all levels, and to eradicate the causes of school dropout, and continue efforts in this regard, including through speeding up the adoption of the draft policy on girls' education

Make every effort to ensure that schools are safe places for children and that they are free from sexual and physical violence, as recommended by CRC

Ensure that schools are safe places for children, particularly girls

Do all possible to guarantee that schools are safe places for children

Promote awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS, especially in the rural areas and improve protective and preventive support for AIDS orphans

Continue its efforts aimed at improving access of the population to primary health services and care

Continue to implement the National Health Development Plan 2011- 2015

Continue implementing measures for the improvement of maternal and child health in line with its National Health Development Plan for 2011 to 2015

Further implement the National Health Development Plan 2011-2015 and the health insurance card for non-civil servants

Keep on efforts, both on legal and procedural grounds, to ensure equal access to quality health services for all citizens

Continue to implement the integrated development plans of the country, in particular those aimed at satisfy equitable access and improving the quality of education and health services

Continue to advance its poverty reduction strategy by actively implementing its second strategy framework for Growth and poverty (CSLPII), promoting its social and economic development which would enable the country to better protect and promote the various rights of its people

Seek the necessary assistance, with appropriate partners, to fill the low literacy rates, submit its reports to the treaty bodies and implement its strategic framework for growth and the fight against poverty

Prioritize people-centred and results based socioeconomic development planning in line with the Vision Burundi 2025

Continue to prioritize the areas contained in the Strategic Framework for Growth and Combating Poverty and that the necessary resources are allocated for its implementation

Strengthen efforts to increase food security for the general population, and particularly those in extreme poverty in rural areas, as well as increase its budget for social infrastructure and social services, including health, education, and water and sanitation

Ensure the full implementation of the Strategic Framework for Growth and Poverty Reduction

Increase women representation in Government to the 30 per cent guaranteed by the Constitution

Work with civil society institutions and other partners to ensure a democratic process leading up to the elections in 2015

Take necessary measures to calm down the political environment

Ensure the safety of journalists against violence and harassment

Envisage legislative reforms and namely the adoption of the press law in Burundi aiming to comply with human rights international standards

Strengthen and improve press freedom and freedom of speech, including in its consideration of draft laws currently before the National Assembly, notably the revised press law and the law on public gatherings

Guarantee freedom of the press and therefore to refrain from implementing more restrictive legal measures and policies