E/C.12/1/Add.25 page 4 23. The Government should continue its endeavours to root out racial discrimination in the labour market with a view to facilitating the integration of immigrants and their families into the national life. 24. The Committee encourages the Government to adopt measures to promote the access of persons between the ages of 55 and 65 to the labour market. 25. The Committee urges the Government to ensure that the reduction of budgetary allocations for social welfare programmes does not adversely affect the economic, social and cultural rights of the most vulnerable groups in the Netherlands, and calls upon the Government to address this issue in detail in its next periodic report. 26. The Committee notes that the Ministry of Justice is currently analysing the results of studies on violence against women and on child abuse, with a view to formulating policies and implementing measures to combat these problems. The Committee recommends that more clearly targeted policies be adopted to protect the welfare of the family. The Committee requests an update on these matters in the Government's next report. 27. The Government should take appropriate steps to alleviate or eliminate the adverse effects of the Tuition Fees Act. 28. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that it complies fully with its obligations under the Covenant as they apply to Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. II. ARUBA 29. The Committee also considered the second periodic report of Aruba (E/1990/6/Add.13) at its 13th to 17th meetings, and adopted the following concluding observations at the 28th meeting. A. Introduction 30. The Committee regrets that no delegation from Aruba was able to take part in the discussion and that the resulting dialogue therefore proved unsatisfactory, despite attempts by the delegation of the Netherlands to answer questions based on written information received from Aruba. The Committee appreciates the high quality of the information contained in the core document (HRI/CORE/1/Add.68). B. Positive aspects 31. The Committee notes that Aruba has, generally speaking, achieved a satisfactory level of compliance with its obligations concerning the protection of the rights established in the Covenant. 32. The Committee notes with satisfaction the low rate of unemployment in Aruba.