CRC/C/MMR/CO/3-4 (a) Take immediate and effective measures to eliminate child labour in unacceptable conditions, including at an early age or in dangerous conditions, in foodprocessing, street-vending, refuse-collecting and light-manufacturing industries, restaurants, teashops and family agricultural activities, as well as in large-scale development projects; (b) Implement effective measures to address the deep-rooted socio-economic factors that push children into the workforce; (c) Amend legal provisions to increase the minimum age for the employment of children to 16 years; (d) Strengthen the enforcement of labour laws and the Child Law to protect children and to ensure prosecution of those who make use of forced labour of children, and provide reparation and sanctions; (e) Improve labour inspections to ensure that these comprehensively monitor all aspects of the work environment, including the use of child labour; (f) Continue to seek technical assistance from the ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour in this regard; (g) Take the appropriate measures to systematize and institutionalize disciplinary processes and/or action against the military officers and civilians responsible for recruiting and using child labour; and (h) Ratify the ILO Conventions Nos. 138 (1973) concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment and 182 (1999) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Children in street situations 87. The Committee is concerned about the lack of reliable information on the number of street children in all the townships; the limited acknowledgement by the Government of the issue of children in street situations; and the limited efforts to improve their situations and reintegrate them with their families. 88. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a systematic assessment of the conditions of children in street situations in order to obtain an accurate picture of its root causes and magnitude and provide information to the Committee in the next report; (b) Develop and implement, with the active involvement of the children concerned, a comprehensive policy which should address the root causes in order to prevent and reduce this occurrence; (c) Provide children in street situations with necessary protection, adequate health-care services, education and other social services; (d) Support family reunification programmes, when it is in the best interests of the child; and (e) Provide children with adequate information on how they can protect themselves, and on how they can lodge complaints against those who exploit them. Sexual exploitation and abuse 89. 20 The Committee is deeply concerned about: