CRC/C/MDA/CO/3 page 7 Corporal punishment 37. The Committee is concerned at reports that corporal punishment is a common phenomenon at home and is frequently used to discipline children at school. The Committee also regrets the absence of official statistics on corporal punishment of children by parents. 38. In light of the Committee’s general comment No. 8 (2006) on the right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, the Committee recommends that the State party enforce the legislative prohibition of corporal punishment in all settings, including through awareness-raising campaigns aimed at families, the school system and other educational settings. Follow-up to the United Nations Study on violence against children 39. With reference to the United Nations Study on violence against children (A/61/299), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all necessary measures for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the independent expert of the United Nations study on violence against children, while taking into account the outcome and recommendations of the regional consultation for Europe and Central Asia held in Ljubljana 5 to 7 July 2005. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party pay particular attention to the following recommendations: (i) To prohibit all violence against children; (ii) To promote non-violent values and awareness-raising; (iii) To provide recovery and social reintegration services; (iv) To develop and implement systematic national data collection and research; (b) Use these recommendations as a tool for action in partnership with civil society and, in particular, with the involvement of children to ensure that every child is protected from all forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence and to gain momentum for concrete and, where appropriate, time-bound actions to prevent and respond to such violence and abuse; (c) To seek technical assistance from UNICEF, OHCHR, WHO and other relevant agencies, inter alia ILO, UNESCO, UNHCR as well as NGO partners in this context. 4. Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5, 18, paras. 1-2, 9-11, 19-21, 25, 27, para. 4, and 39 of the Convention) Family environment 40. The Committee welcomes the adoption by the State party of measures to support the family, including the increase in the number of centres providing community-based social services for families with children and the Law on Social Grants which provides for increased financial support for children with disabilities. The Committee is nevertheless concerned that a high proportion of children remain beneath the poverty line.