E/C.12/MAR/CO/3 page 6 46. The Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to ensure that coverage under the social security system, including unemployment, sickness, maternity and family benefits, is equally distributed between rural and urban areas and among the regions. In this connection, the Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO Convention concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security (No. 102, of 1952) and the ILO Convention concerning Equality of Treatment of Nationals and Non-Nationals in Social Security (No. 118, of 1962). 47. The Committee encourages the State party to ensure that the national plan of action for children for the decade 2005-2015 emphasizes the reintegration of street children in society, to take tougher action against child abandonment, and to ensure that neglected or abandoned children receive appropriate care and rehabilitation. The State party should take effective steps to address the underlying causes of the neglect and abandonment of children by, in particular, making greater assistance available to families with children. 48. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that unaccompanied migrant children who are repatriated are adequately assisted, rehabilitated and protected. 49. The Committee recommends that the State party increase the minimum retirement pension to enable retirees and their families to enjoy an adequate standard of living. 50. The Committee invites the State party to step up its efforts to combat domestic violence by making such violence an offence under the Criminal Code and by providing law-enforcement personnel and judges with training on the criminal nature of domestic violence. 51. The Committee urges the State party to take such action as is necessary to improve housing conditions in shantytowns and elsewhere. It exhorts the State party to provide assistance to earthquake victims, particularly women and children, and to take preventive action to ensure that housing is built in accordance with the rules applicable to earthquake-prone areas. The State party should redouble its efforts to rehouse the disaster-struck population of Al-Hoceima. 52. The Committee invites the State party to take the necessary legislative measures to make sexual harassment in the workplace an offence under the Criminal Code. 53. The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to ensure that families living in poverty in shantytowns have access to public services. It recommends that the State party take due account of its general comments No. 3 (1990), on the nature of States parties’ obligations (art. 2, para. 1, of the Covenant), No. 7 (1997), on the right to adequate housing (art. 11, para. 1, of the Covenant) and forced evictions, and No. 15 (2002), on the right to water (arts. 11 and 12 of the Covenant). 54. The Committee encourages the State party to pursue its efforts to combat maternal mortality and redouble its efforts to improve the effectiveness of programmes addressing this problem. 55. The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party should step up its efforts to reduce poverty, including in rural areas, and improve its social development strategies, which should cover economic, social and cultural rights. In this respect, the Committee refers