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and should take measures to prevent premature termination of schooling among
such children. It should further undertake all possible measures to prevent
segregation of Roma children in schools and build an environment of mutual
respect to avoid incidents of harassment against children of minority groups.
Teacher training should include enhanced sensitization towards minority issues.
20.
The Committee sets 1 April 2012 as the date for the submission of the third periodic
report of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It requests that the State party’s second
report and the present concluding observations be published and widely disseminated in the State
party, to the general public as well as to the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities.
Hard copies of those documents should be distributed to universities, public libraries, the
Parliamentary library, and other relevant places. It would be desirable to distribute a summary of
the report and the concluding observations to minorities in their own languages. Furthermore, the
third periodic report should be circulated for the attention of the non-governmental organizations
operating in the country.
21.
In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State
party should submit within one year information on the follow-up to the Committee’s
recommendations in paragraphs 12, 14 and 15 above. The Committee requests the State party to
include in its next periodic report information on its remaining recommendations and on the
implementation of the Covenant as a whole, as well as on the difficulties encountered in this
regard.
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