CRC/C/CYP/CO/3-4 4. The Committee also welcomes the ratification or signature of: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, in 2010; (b) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2011; (c) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2011; (d) The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, or Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in 2009; (e) The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, in 2007. 5. The Committee also welcomes the following institutional and policy measures: (a) The establishment of a Youth Advisory Committee, in 2010; (b) The adoption of a National Drug Strategy for the period 2009–2012, in 2009; (c) The adoption of a National Action Plan for the Prevention and Combating of Violence in the Family for the period 2008–2013, in 2008. III. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention 6. The Committee reiterates its observation (CRC/C/15/Add.205, para. 5) that the State party, as a consequence of events that occurred in 1974 and that resulted in the occupation of part of the territory of Cyprus, is not in a position to exercise control over all of its territory and consequently cannot ensure the application of the Convention in areas not under its control. However, it remains a matter of concern to the Committee that no information on children living in the occupied territories could be provided. IV. Main areas of concern and recommendations A. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6, of the Convention) The Committee’s previous recommendations 7. While welcoming the State party’s efforts to implement the concluding observations on its previous report (CRC/C/15/Add.205), the Committee is concerned that some of the recommendations contained therein have not been fully addressed. 8. The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to effectively address the recommendations contained in the concluding observations of the second periodic report that have yet to be implemented, particularly those on legislation, allocation of resources, data collection and the administration of juvenile justice. Legislation 9. The Committee notes that progress has been made in a number of areas. However, the Committee is concerned that the State party’s draft Law for the Welfare, Care and 2