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(h)
Provide adequate follow-up and reintegration support and services for
children who leave institutional care.
Adoption
49.
The Committee regrets that its previous recommendation that the State party consider
ratification of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of
Intercountry Adoption of 1993 has not yet been followed up (ibid., para. 28). The Committee is
concerned that adopted children do not have the right, as far as possible, to know the identity of
their biological parents.
50.
The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party ratify the Hague
Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry
Adoption, of 1993. In light of articles 3 and 7 of the Convention, the Committee
recommends that the State party undertake all necessary measures to allow all adopted
children to obtain information on the identity of their parents to the extent possible.
6. Basic health and welfare
51.
The Committee is deeply concerned at the severely reduced quality and accessibility of
heath-care services. The Committee is further concerned at the inaccessibility of medical
assistance to children who have left their homes; the increase in child morbidity; the high
maternal mortality rates; the increase in the number of disabled children; and the high incidence
of iodine deficiency and nutrition problems, especially among children from low-income
households.
52.
The Committee urgently recommends that the State party:
(a)
Ensure that all children, especially from the most vulnerable groups, have
access to primary health care;
(b)
Develop a national policy in order to ensure an integrated and
multidimensional approach to early childhood development, with a focus on health and
nutrition;
(c)
and WHO.
Continue to operate with and seek assistance from, among others, UNICEF
Children with disabilities
53.
The Committee is concerned at the prevailing poor situation of children with disabilities
and the increase in the number of disabled children in the period 1993-1997. In particular, it is
concerned at:
(a)
The practice of institutionalizing children with disabilities;