CRC/C/15/Add.201 page 2 Committee welcomes the ratification of the Hague Convention of 1993 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and ILO Convention No. 182 on the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention 4. The Committee notes that the State party continues to deal with socio-economic problems related to the transition to a market economy, including the deterioration of living standards and unemployment. Furthermore the Committee is aware that persisting traditional societal attitudes further hamper the enactment of new legislation and affect implementation of the Convention that have already been provided for in legislation and practices. 5. The Committee notes, in addition, the occurrence of natural disasters, including, in particular, the 2002 severe flooding, which has had a serious social, economic and environmental impact on vulnerable children. D. Principal subjects of concern, suggestions and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation Committee’s previous recommendations 6. The Committee regrets that some of its recommendations in the previous concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.81) have been insufficiently addressed, inter alia, the reservation to article 7, paragraph 1, of the Convention (ibid., para. 26); development of a comprehensive policy on children (ibid., para. 27); development of awareness-raising campaigns aimed at reducing discriminatory practices against the Roma population (ibid., para. 32); comprehensive reform of the system of juvenile justice (ibid., para. 41). The Committee notes that those recommendations are reiterated in the present document. 7. The Committee urges the State party to make every effort to address those recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the initial report that have not yet been fully implemented and to address the list of concerns contained in the present concluding observations on the second periodic report. Reservations and declarations 8. The Committee regrets that the State party has not withdrawn its reservation to article 7, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Based on the dialogue, it is the Committee’s understanding that the civil registration of irreversible adoption does not necessarily mean that the adopted child has no possibility of knowing his or her (biological) parents. 9. The Committee therefore recommends that the State party reconsider its position and withdraw its reservation.