E/C.12/1/Add.60 page 2 4. The Committee regrets that many of the questions put by the members of the Committee were left unanswered or were answered by statements of a general nature. B. Positive aspects 5. The Committee welcomes the creation of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (1994), and the Human Rights Offices established by the Ministry in the sensitive areas of the country. Similarly, the Committee notes with appreciation the establishment in 1997 of the People’s Defender (Defensor del Pueblo). 6. The Committee appreciates the elaboration by the State party of a comprehensive and multidisciplinary “Promotion and Defence of Human Rights” project with the assistance of OHCHR and UNDP. 7. The Committee notes with appreciation that article 1 of the Constitution establishes Bolivia as a multicultural and multi-ethnic democracy. In this regard, the Committee notes with interest the announcement by the delegation of the future enactment on 31 May 2001 of the new Penal Procedures Code, which renders three of the main indigenous languages, namely Quechua, Aymara and Tupi Guarani, languages of judicial and administrative procedures. 8. The Committee notes with satisfaction the enactment of laws and the establishment of a number of programmes and policies for promoting equality between women and men, as well as the establishment in 1993 of a Subsecretariat of Gender Affairs under the National Secretariat for Ethnic and Generational Affairs of the Ministry for Development. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Covenant 9. The Committee notes the enduring negative economic conditions suffered by the State party, due in part to the relatively undiversified structure of the economy, the structural adjustment programmes undergone by Bolivia since 1985 and its considerable foreign debt. 10. The Committee is aware that efforts to introduce legal crops to replace cocaine production in certain rural areas have led to the impoverishment of the small farmers involved. D. Principal subjects of concern 11. The Committee regrets that laws incorporating the Covenant into Bolivia’s domestic legal system have not yet been adopted. 12. The Committee is deeply concerned about allegations of corruption against certain Supreme Court judges. 13. The Committee is deeply concerned about the extent of poverty in Bolivia. According to UNDP figures, 88.8 per cent of all households in Bolivia have an income below the poverty line. Moreover, 90 per cent of these households are in rural areas. This situation is reflected in