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31.
The Committee further recommends that a multidisciplinary monitoring
system be established to assess the progress achieved and difficulties
encountered in the realization of the rights recognized by the Convention at
the central and local levels, and in particular to monitor regularly the
effects of economic change and armed conflicts on children. Such a monitoring
system should enable the State to shape appropriate and comprehensive policies
to protect vulnerable groups and to bridge existing disparities between urban
and rural areas. Efforts should be made to ensure implementation of policies
and measures for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, in
cooperation with United Nations bodies and the specialized agencies, including
the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and other
international mechanisms, the High Commissioner/Centre for Human Rights, the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO)
and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
32.
The Committee recommends that the State party, in the light of
articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Convention, undertake all appropriate measures to
the maximum extent of its available resources to ensure that sufficient
budgetary allocation is provided to social services for children and that
particular attention is paid to the protection of children belonging to
vulnerable and marginalized groups. In this regard, the Committee suggests
that the “child-impact” of decisions taken by the authorities be assessed on
an ongoing basis.
33.
With regard to the full implementation of the principles laid down by
articles 2, 3, 6 and 12 in the Convention, the Committee suggests that the
State party fully integrate them in all its policies, laws, actions and
programmes affecting children at all levels, including on the administrative
and judicial levels, especially with regard to children belonging to ethnic
and religious minority groups, the girl child, disabled children and children
living in rural and remote areas.
34.
In the field of the right to citizenship, the Committee is of the view
that the State party should, in the light of articles 2 (non-discrimination)
and 3 (best interests of the child), abolish the categorization of citizens,
as well as the mention on the national identity card of the religion and the
ethnic origin of citizens, including children. In the view of the Committee,
all possibility of stigmatization and denial of the rights recognized by the
Convention should be avoided.
35.
While encouraged by initiatives taken by the authorities to raise
awareness on the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party
launch a systematic information campaign, for both children and adults, on the
Convention on the Rights of the Child. Consideration should be given to the
incorporation of the Convention in the school curricula and appropriate
measures should be taken to facilitate access by children to information
produced about their rights. The Committee suggests that the State party
develop a comprehensive training programme, especially focusing on child
abuse, for professional groups working for and/or with children, including
judges, lawyers, law enforcement and army personnel, health professionals,
teachers, social workers, and personnel working in child care institutions.