CRC/C/KIR/CO/1 page 2 (d) The creation of the Family Assistance and Sexual Offences Unit in the Kiribati Police Service; and (e) The ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention 4. The Committee acknowledges the challenges faced by the State party, including those resulting from its geographical isolation and extreme vulnerability to natural disasters and external economic forces, leading to its classification as a Least Developed Country. The Committee is also aware of the difficulties resulting from deep-rooted traditions and the differences between provisions of domestic legislation and customary law. D. Principal subjects of concern, suggestions and recommendations 1. General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44(6)) Reservation 5. The Committee regrets that despite the State party’s previous intention to withdraw its reservations to articles 24 b, c, d, e and f, 26 and 28 b, c and d of the Convention, the State party has not yet made a decision regarding this withdrawal. 6. The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary steps to withdraw its reservations to articles 24, 26 and 28 of the Convention. Legislation 7. The Committee is concerned that there is no specific legislation to protect the rights of the child and that domestic law, including customary law, is not in full compliance with the principles and provisions of the Convention and is frequently not implemented, particularly in remote areas. The Committee is further concerned that Kiribati has only ratified two of the seven core international human rights treaties. 8. The Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures, with the assistance of UNICEF, to harmonize its domestic legislation, which includes customary law, with the provisions and principles of the Convention. The Committee also recommends that the State party consider ratifying other core international human rights treaties, as recommended in the Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration adopted in October 2005 by the sixteen Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum. Coordination 9. The Committee welcomes the creation of KNACC, within the Ministry of Environment and Social Development (MESD), responsible for coordinating and overseeing the implementation of the Convention. However, the Committee regrets the scarcity of human