CRC/C/15/Add.237 page 4 14. The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to adopt, in consultation with all relevant partners, including the civil society, a new general plan of action for children which covers all areas of the Convention, including the Millennium Development Goals, and reflects “A world fit for children”. It further recommends that the State party allocate the necessary human and financial resources for its full implementation, and put in place appropriate coordinating, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. Independent monitoring structures 15. The Committee notes the establishment of the Monitoring and Evaluation Subcommittee in 1999. It also welcomes the establishment of the Committee on Human Rights in 2000, whose objectives include, among others, to take action for the establishment of an independent Myanmar human rights commission. The Committee is, however, concerned at the current lack of an independent mechanism mandated to regularly monitor and evaluate progress in the implementation of the Convention at the local and national levels. 16. The Committee encourages the State party to consider the establishment of an independent national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles (General Assembly resolution 48/134) and in light of the Committee’s general comment No. 2 (2002) on national human rights institutions, to monitor and evaluate progress in the implementation of, inter alia, the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the national and local levels. The Committee recommends that the institution be allocated adequate human and financial resources and that its mandate include the ability to receive and investigate complaints of violations of child rights in a child-sensitive manner and to address them effectively. In order to make this institution’s role regarding the Convention as visible and as strong as possible, the Committee suggests establishing within this institution a special division for children’s rights headed by a commissioner for children. The Committee encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from, inter alia, OHCHR in this respect. Cooperation with civil society 17. While noting the reference to the activities of non-governmental organizations throughout the State party report, the Committee is concerned that insufficient efforts have been made to involve the civil society in the implementation of the Convention, its rights-based approach and its reporting process. 18. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to systematically involve communities and other elements of civil society, including children’s associations, throughout all stages of the implementation of the Convention, including the formulation of policies and programmes, and in the drafting process of the next report to the Committee.