CRC/C/CHN/CO/2 page 2 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (No. 33) on 16 September 2005. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation Committee’s previous recommendations 6. The Committee notes with appreciation that various concerns and recommendations (see CRC/C/15/Add.56 and CRC/C/15/Add.63 with respect to Hong Kong) made upon the consideration of the State party’s initial reports (CRC/C/11/Add.7 and CRC/C/11/Add.9 with regard to Hong Kong as a Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom) have been addressed through legislative measures and policies. However, some of the concerns it expressed and the recommendations made have not been sufficiently addressed. For instance: (a) With respect to the mainland, the Committee is concerned that there has been limited progress related to recommendations concerning the establishment of a national human rights institution (CRC/C/15/Add.56, para. 26) and non-discrimination (ibid., paras. 34 and 35); (b) With respect to the Hong Kong SAR, the Committee takes note of the State party’s explanation that the Committee’s previous recommendations on coordination and assessment (CRC/C/15/Add.63, para. 20) were not considered practical. Nevertheless, the Committee remains of the opinion that national legislation and policy must take a holistic and comprehensive approach to the implementation of the Convention, which requires that priority be given to children’s issues, that such policy be actively coordinated and that assessments be made regarding the potential impact of policy decisions on children. 7. The Committee urges the State party to make every effort to address the recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the initial reports that have not yet been 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 welcomes the withdrawal of the State party’s reservation to article 22 as applied to the Hong Kong SAR. However, it regrets the fact that reservations remain with regard to article 6 and are applied to the entire State party, and that for the Hong Kong and Macau SARs reservations with respect to articles 32 and 37 (c) remain in force. 9. The Committee recommends that the State party review and withdraw all reservations to the Convention for all areas under its jurisdiction. Legislation 10. While welcoming the significant progress made with respect to legislative reform in mainland China, the Committee is concerned that not all laws applicable to children fully conform to the Convention.