(from  Austria);  to  implement  further  reforms  to  ensure  full  recognition  of  the  rights  of   the  Kurdish  and  other  minorities,  including  by  withdrawing  its  reservation  to  article  27   of  the  ICCPR  (Ireland);  to  withdraw  its  reservation  to  article  27  of  ICCPR  on  minority   rights,  and  ratify  the  Council  of  Europe  Framework  Convention  for  the  Protection  of   National  Minorities  (from  the  Netherlands).         Group  of  Latin  American  and  Caribbean  States     Member  States  in  the  Group  of  Latin  American  and  Caribbean  States  received  54   recommendations  in  total.  Most  were  received  (minimum  5)  by  Guyana  (7),  Panama  (9)   and  Honduras  (5).         Guyana       Guyana  received  7  recommendations,  accepted  6  and  noted  1.       It  accepted:  to  adopt  law  and  mechanisms  to  combat  discrimination  against  groups  in   vulnerable  situations  (from  Argentina);  to  ensure  Afro-­‐Guyanese  people's  rights  (from   Haiti);  to  strengthen  the  efforts  aimed  at  protecting  Amerindians  from  marginalization   and  at  defending  their  issues  and  not  subject  them  to  any  discrimination  (from  Libya);  to   continue  to  review  and  bring  into  line  its  domestic  legal  framework  with  international   human  rights  norms  to  which  Guyana  is  a  party,  in  particular  to  make  progress  towards   nondiscrimination  against  minorities  and  others  (from  Nicaragua);  to  take  concrete   steps  to  protect  members  of  vulnerable  groups  from  violence,  encouraging  more   reporting  of  offences,  more  sympathetic  handling  of  cases  by  the  police  and  more   convictions  with  appropriate  sentences  (from  the  United  Kingdom);  to  strengthen  and   enforce  its  various  commitments  to  embracing  its  cultural  diversity  and  ensuring  the   safety  of  and  equal  opportunities  for  all  citizens  (from  the  United  States).       The  only  noted  recommendation  was  to  take  into  account  findings  in  the  report  of  the   United  Nations  Independent  Expert  on  Minority  Issues  on  the  phantom  death  squad   (from  Canada).   Panama       Panama  received  7  recommendations  and  accepted  all.       It  accepted  to:  continue  and  further  develop  public  policies  and  programmes  to  enhance   the  inclusion  of  Afro-­‐Panamanians  in  all  aspects  of  life  in  Panama  (from  Jamaica);  to   take  concrete  and  practical  normative  and  institutional  measures  to  guarantee  the   57