CRC/C/15/Add.56 page 6 31. A review of the policy in place for the implementation of article 4 of the Convention is recommended by the Committee. The Committee wishes to emphasize that the focus of any such review should be in relation to the measures being taken to reduce regional and urban-rural disparities in the allocation of resources for the rights of the child, especially with respect to health and education. 32. Equally, the Committee recommends that greater attention and consideration be given to the provision of social security. It is the Committee’s view that remedial measures should be sought to avoid families’ over-dependence on their children, in particular providing them with care in their old age. 33. Further measures are required to ensure the implementation of the general principles of the Convention. With regard to article 12 of the Convention, it is the Committee’s view that greater attention should be accorded to providing children with opportunities to participate and have their views heard and taken into account. It is important that awareness be developed of the child as a subject of rights and not only as a recipient of protection. The Committee suggests that further attention be accorded to reviewing the effectiveness of procedures available to children for the presentation and investigation of complaints of their abuse or neglect, in the event of such violations arising from, inter alia, domestic violence and abuse in institutions or detention facilities. 34. The Committee concurs with the observations of the State party that concerted action is called for to address the problems faced by the girl child. While acknowledging the measures taken by the State party in campaigning and creating awareness among the population of the equality of girls and boys, the Committee suggests that local and other leaders be invited to take a more active role in supporting the efforts to prevent and eliminate discrimination against the girl child and to provide guidance to communities in this regard. 35. From information provided by the State party, the Committee notes that, while the incidence of disability among the child population is low, disabled children have been the victims of abandonment and discrimination. In this regard, the Committee recommends that the State party undertake further research on the measures required to prevent and combat discrimination on the ground of disability. 36. It is the Committee’s view that family planning policy must be designed to avoid any threat to the life of children, particularly girls. The Committee recommends in this regard that clear guidance be given to the population and the personnel involved in the family planning policy to ensure that the aims it promotes are in accordance with principles and provisions of the Convention, including those of its article 24. The State party is urged to take further action for the maintenance of strong and comprehensive measures to combat the abandonment and infanticide of girls as well as the trafficking, sale and kidnapping or abduction of girls. 37. The Committee acknowledges the information provided by the State party on the results of two population censuses conducted in 1982 and 1990 and that the