- 40 - In this connection, the Committee recommends that assistance from ILO be sought. Furthermore, the Committee encourages the Government to extend such protection also to immigrant workers. 166. The Committee recommends that the Government seek assistance for the collection of data and the compilation of statistics regarding the level of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. It recommends that information be collected on an ongoing basis regarding working or abandoned children, homeless persons and the most vulnerable groups identified by the Government in its report, and suggests that the National Institution for Human Rights be specially mandated to undertake research on this topic as well as on the realization of economic, social and cultural rights in Suriname in general. In this connection, the Committee recommends that assistance be sought from the technical cooperation services of the Centre for Human Rights. 167. The Committee recommends that definite criteria be established for the administration of social assistance to the poor so as to protect the lowest-income groups. The Committee further recommends that the Government undertake a redefinition of the official subsistence minimum so that all disadvantaged persons genuinely in need receive an adequate level of assistance. 168. The Committee recommends that the Government seek international assistance with regard to the problem of malnutrition and declining vaccination coverage among the population. 169. The Committee recommends that the Plan of Action in favour of the population in the interior of the country that is provided for in the 1992 Peace Accord be implemented to the best of the Government’s ability. In particular, the Committee recommends that special attention be given to laying an infrastructure and providing basic facilities in the interior, particularly houses for persons displaced during the recent internal armed conflict. 170. With regard to education, the Committee recommends that the Government consider promoting the use of Sranan Tongo in schools and elsewhere and make efforts to preserve the native languages of indigenous groups. It further recommends that the Government undertake investigations into the phenomenon of school drop-outs. 171. The Committee recommends that information be collected on the nature and volume of activity in the informal sector, which may prove to be an important factor in the Government’s efforts to revive the national economy. Assistance may be sought in this regard from international agencies, including UNDP, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and other organizations involved in this area. 172. The Committee looks forward to receiving from the State party a more comprehensive second periodic report, updating the initial report and including also detailed information and relevant statistics on the questions raised but not fully addressed at the present session.

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