E/CN.4/2005/85/Add.4 page 20 preservation of family links. Consular offices should also make it easier to obtain certificates of residence. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank the National Penitentiary Institute for its cooperation during her visit, which allowed her to hold private meetings with large groups of foreign prisoners. 82. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to request United Nations support under the UNDP “Action 2” programme to strengthen its national system for the promotion and protection of the human rights of potential migrants and foreigners in Peru. Notes 1 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 2 See the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru (http://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/index.php). 3 In the analysis of these data it should be borne in mind that in 2002 54.3 per cent of a total population of 26,748,972 inhabitants were poor and 23.9 per cent were living in extreme poverty. “Hacia el cumplimiento de los objetivos de desarrollo del milenio en el Perú”, UNDP-Peru, p. 19. 4 “Main agreements initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the context of its migration policy”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Under-Secretary for Peruvian Communities Abroad. 5 Adopted by Legislative Decision No. 26995. 6 The border integration zones are regulated by Decision No. 501 of the Andean Community, adopted in June 2001 by the Andean Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. 7 This is the only document for migration control and statistical purposes that is compulsory for persons entering or leaving the territory of the member countries of the Andean Community (Decision No. 397 and Resolution No. 433). Peruvians entering Ecuador with a migration card may remain up to a maximum of 60 days for the purposes of tourism. 8 On 16 September 2004, 118 Peruvians were allegedly deported and handed over to the Peruvian authorities at the Zarumilla border control post by the Ecuadorian Migration Office. 9 The second phase of Chile’s National Mine Clearance Plan is believed to include the destruction of the anti-personnel mines on the Chilean-Peruvian border. 10 Official communiqué No. RE/006-04 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 26 January 2004.