E/C.12/SVN/CO/1 page 4 24. The Committee urges the State party to take measures to combat discrimination between indigenous and non-indigenous Roma and to guarantee access without distinction to Roma children in school. The State party is called upon to take measures to guarantee that education is provided also in the mother tongue of minorities. 25. The Committee invites the State party to step up its measures to promote equality between men and women, as required by article 2, paragraph 2, and article 3 of the Covenant, including by application of the principle of equal pay for equal work and by ensuring that women are involved in decision-making. The Committee requests the State party to provide, in its next periodic report, detailed information on progress in the area of gender equality. 26. The Committee urges the State party to adopt effective measures aimed at overcoming regional disparities in its programmes for the labour market development and employment as well as promoting equal access to welfare benefits and social services in different regions. It invites the State party to provide in its second periodic report detailed data on the effect of the measures taken. 27. The Committee recommends that the State party should ratify the ILO Conventions bearing on rights enshrined in the Covenant, as the Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118) and the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993 (No. 174) 21. 28. The Committee recommends that the State party should continue to consolidate programmes to reduce unemployment among the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups, particularly young people, members of minorities and persons with disabilities. 29. The Committee urges the State party to undertake measures to combat sexual harassment in the workplace including by adopting specific legislation rendering it a criminal offence in order to combat this practice and better protect victims. 30. The Committee encourages the State party to strengthen the measures designed to reduce the percentage of workers hired on short-term contracts and to encourage employers to offer their employees permanent contracts. 31. The State party is requested to include in its second periodic report information and data on occupational accidents, particularly in hazardous sectors such as the mining and nuclear sectors. 32. The Committee urges the State party to take the necessary legislative and other measures to remedy the situation of nationals of the States of former Yugoslavia who have been “erased” as their names were removed from the population registers in 1992. While noting that bilateral agreements were concluded in this regard, the Committee strongly recommends that the State party should restore the status of permanent resident to all the individuals concerned, in accordance with the relevant decisions of the Constitutional Court. These measures should allow these individuals to reclaim their rights and regain access to health services, social security, education and employment. The Committee requests the State party to report to it, in its next periodic report, on progress in this regard.