CRC/C/15/Add.191 page 2 Housing Code of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Act (No. 1525-III, 12 March 2000); Child Welfare Act (No. 2402-III, 26 April 2001); Immigration Act (No. 2491-III, 7 June 2001); Refugees Act (No. 2557-III, 21 June 2001); Ukrainian Citizenship Act (No. 2235-III, 18 January 2001); Social Work with Children and Youth Act (No. 2558-III, 21 June 2001); Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (No. 2789-III, 15 November 2001) (with, inter alia, the ban on corporal punishment in schools, institutions and the home); Criminal Code (1 September 2001); Pre-school Education Act (11 June 2001); Extracurricular Education Act (22 June 2001); Act amending the State Assistance for Families with Children Act (1 January 2002); Family Code (10 January 2002). 5. The Committee welcomes the ratification of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization. The Committee further welcomes the reforms to the education system with the introduction of the Act “On education” in 1996 and the adoption of the Act “On vocational and technical training” in 1997, as well as the introduction of human rights into the school curricula, the annual reports on the status of children and programmes on national television and radio on children’s rights. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention 6. The Committee notes that the State party continues to deal with many of the same serious economic and social problems as at the time of the Committee’s consideration of its initial report, with the prolonged period of economic transition having led to a deterioration of living standards, high unemployment rates and growing poverty, affecting families with children. Furthermore, the Committee notes the persistence of the negative consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster and the harmful impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, affecting the population in general and the health and development of children in particular. D. Principal subjects of concern, suggestions and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation Committee’s previous recommendations 7. The Committee regrets that some of the concerns expressed and recommendations made in the concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.42, paras. 8, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 29 and 30) adopted following its consideration of the State party’s initial report (CRC/C/8/Add.10) have been insufficiently addressed. The Committee notes that the same concerns are expressed and recommendations made in the present document. 8. The Committee urges the State party to make every effort to address those recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the initial report that have not yet been fully implemented and to address the list of concerns contained in the present concluding observations.