A/RES/54/171 Page 4 12. Reaffirms that ensuring the security of persons and rights of association, assembly and expression remain matters of critical priority; 13. Also reaffirms the importance of the upcoming communal elections being conducted in a free and fair manner, and urges the Government of Cambodia to prepare for the communal elections accordingly; 14. Welcomes the adoption of a five-year action plan by the Government of Cambodia, in particular by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Veterans, as well as other measures taken by the Government to improve the status of women, and urges the Government to continue to take appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women, including in the political and public life of the country, to combat violence against women in all its forms, and to take all steps to meet its obligations as a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,9 including seeking technical assistance; 15. Commends the recent initiatives of and the progress made by the Government of Cambodia towards ensuring adequate health conditions, calls upon the Government to continue to take further measures to achieve this goal, with emphasis on ensuring adequate health conditions for women and children and minority groups and on the problem of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and encourages the international community to continue to support the Government to this end; 16. Also commends the continued efforts of the Government of Cambodia, together with nongovernmental organizations and local authorities, to improve the quality of and access to education, and calls for further measures to be taken in order to ensure the right of Cambodian children to education, especially at the primary level, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child,10 and requests the international community to provide assistance for the achievement of this goal; 17. Welcomes the Five-Year National Plan against Child Sexual Exploitation in Cambodia, and encourages the Government of Cambodia to ensure the necessary law enforcement and other measures in support of the Plan in order to tackle the problem of child prostitution and trafficking in Cambodia; 18. Notes with serious concern the problem of child labour, calls upon the Government of Cambodia to ensure adequate health and safety conditions for children and to outlaw, in particular, the worst forms of child labour, and invites the International Labour Organization to continue to extend the necessary assistance in this regard; 19. Also notes with serious concern the prison conditions in Cambodia, notes with interest the recent adoption of the Proclamation on Administration of Prisons and Prison Procedures, commends the continued international assistance to improve the material conditions of detention, and calls upon the Government of Cambodia to take the further measures necessary to improve prison conditions, especially with regard to providing the minimum standard of food and health care; 20. Condemns the use of racist rhetoric and acts of violence against ethnic minorities, urges an end to racial violence and vilification, and urges the Government of Cambodia to take all steps to meet its 9 Resolution 34/180, annex. 10 Resolution 44/25, annex. /...