Algeria's keenness on human rights extolled

Kuwait praised here Friday the efforts made by Algeria in the field of advancement of human rights as well as its acceptance of a large proportion of the recommendations made during the Universal Periodic Review of its case at the Human Rights Council. First secretary in Kuwait's permanent mission to the UN Abdullah Jassim Al-Jeraiwi expressed, in his speech before the Human Rights Council during the discussion of the universal periodic review of Algeria file, Kuwait's gratitude for accepting its recommendation to continue efforts to promote and protect the rights of women and children. The Kuwaiti diplomat also asserted Algeria's keenness on the remarkable progress in the field of human rights through its cooperation with the relevant UN system to achieve what is required to meet the needs of the future, praising at the same time the reforms that have been achieved. He pointed out that those achievements stemmed from its firm will to expand democratic space and to open up broad and real prospects for the civil society.