Chapter 3- Report of the Research and Policy Development Group (ii) To share the Commission’s submission for Malaysia’s second UPR; (iii) To share the Commission’s views and observations on the implementation of recommendations received by Malaysia during its first UPR, and on the current human rights situation; and (iv) To offer guidelines on how UN member-states can make more meaningful recommendations for Malaysia’s second UPR. Representatives from 23 embassies – including those from countries that served as the Troika of Rapporteurs for Malaysia, namely Japan, Kenya and Switzerland – attended the briefing. The second review on Malaysia took place on 24 October in Geneva. During the session, also known as the Interactive Dialogue,7 the Government delegation headed by Datuk Ho May Yong, Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented the National Report and other updates on the human rights situation. The National Report, which serves as a key reference document for the UPR process, enumerates the steps and measures taken by the Government to implement recommendations received during the first UPR. The delegation focused on, among others, the Government Transformation Plan and the Economic Transformation Plan, deemed by the Government as key initiatives in promoting and protecting human rights in Malaysia. The Interactive Dialogue saw 104 UN member-states making comments and recommendations to the Government of Malaysia. While many of the comments were complimentary, some expressed concern. The Commission was disappointed to note the absence of comment or recommendations on issues involving business and human rights. In the interests of advancing the promotion and protection of human rights, the Commission is of the view that more critical and constructive suggestions would have been more beneficial to the States under review, including Malaysia. The Commission acknowledges that the Interactive Dialogue is a diplomatic exercise of peer review, where Government delegations often make gentle comments and recommendations to one another in the spirit of collegiality. Nevertheless, in the interests of advancing the promotion and protection of human rights, the Commission is of the view that more critical and constructive suggestions would have been more beneficial to the States under review, including Malaysia. The Interactive Dialogue would also be more meaningful if its format could be reviewed to allow for an in-depth examination and analysis of the human rights situation to be carried out. Malaysia received 232 recommendations, some of which were similar to those it received in 2009. Accession to international human rights treaties, engagement with UN treaty bodies and special 7 102 Webcast available at: http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/human-rights-council/universal-periodic-review/17thupr/watch/malaysia-review-17th-session-of-universal-periodic-review/2767540103001