CRC/C/15/Add.225 page 2 (c) The adoption in 2003 of the National Plan of Action for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Armenia to be implemented from 2004 to 2015; (d) The adoption in 2003 of the Strategic Programme to Overcome Poverty to be implemented from 2004 to 2015; (e) The approval of the National Strategy to Combat HIV/AIDS in 2002; (f) The ratification in 2003 by the State party of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; (g) The unconditional abolishment by the State party of capital punishment following its ratification in 2003 of Protocol 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention 4. The Committee notes that the State party continues to face serious economic, social and political challenges posed by the transition to a market economy, including increased unemployment and poverty, and the unresolved conflict over Nagorny Karabakh. D. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation The Committee’s previous recommendations 5. The Committee very much regrets that no explicit follow-up was given to the previous recommendations (CRC/C/15/Add.119 of 24 February 2000) made upon consideration of the State party’s initial report (CRC/C/28/Add.9), although some of them seem to have been taken into account. 6. The Committee recommends that the State party pay priority attention to the implementation of the previous recommendations, many of which are reiterated in the present document, and to the list of concerns and recommendations contained in the present concluding observations. The Committee expects the State party to indicate more clearly in its next periodic report follow-up measures taken in implementation of the recommendations contained in the present document. Legislation 7. The Committee welcomes the various programmes and legislative reforms aiming at strengthening the protection of the rights of the child and bringing national legislation into conformity with the Convention, which are currently being prepared, including the new family law. However, the Committee expresses concern about the slow pace at which the drafting of new legislation is advancing.