CRC/C/15/Add.180 page 4 (a) Monitors the implementation of the Convention; (b) Deals with complaints from children in a child-sensitive and expeditious manner; and (c) Provides remedies for violations of their rights under the Convention. In this regard, the Committee further recommends that the State party consider seeking technical assistance from, among others, UNICEF and OHCHR. Resources for children 18. While noting the efforts by the State party to prevent the decline in living standards of the population, the Committee expresses its concern that budgetary allocations for children are still insufficient to respond to national and local priorities for the promotion and protection of children’s rights and to overcome and remedy existing disparities between rural and urban areas with respect to services provided to children. 19. In light of article 4 of the Convention, the Committee encourages the State party: (a) To continue its efforts to prevent, including through a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy, the decline in living standards of families, in particular those with many children, those living in rural areas and single parent families; (b) To identify clearly its priorities with respect to child rights issues in order to ensure that funds are allocated to the maximum extent of available resources and, where needed, within the framework of international cooperation for the full implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights of children, in particular for children belonging to the most vulnerable groups in society; and (c) To identify the amount and proportion of the budget spent on children at the national and local levels in order to evaluate the impact and effect of the expenditures on children. Data collection 20. The Committee expresses its concern that data are not disaggregated for all areas covered by the Convention. It further notes that data on children are not used in an adequate manner to assess progress and as a basis for policy-making in the field of children’s rights. 21. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its mechanism to collect and analyse systematically disaggregated data on all persons under 18 for all areas covered by the Convention, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable groups, including children of economically disadvantaged households, children living in rural areas, children in institutions, children with disabilities, and children affected by the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster;