CRC/C/15/Add.112 page 2 B. Follow-up measures undertaken and progress achieved by the State party 3. The establishment of initiatives such as the National Programme of Action for Children (1995-2000), the National Development Plan (1995-2000), and the Programme for Education, Health and Nutrition (PROGRESA) are regarded as positive measures in line with the Committee’s recommendations (see CRC/C/15/Add.13, para. 16). In this regard, the Committee welcomes the fact that the State party, one of the six countries that convened the World Summit for Children in 1990, has undertaken measures, in conjunction with the other conveners, to hold a series of events to evaluate and follow up the commitments made by States in 1990. 4. In the light of the Committee’s recommendation (CRC/C/15/Add.13, para. 19), the Committee welcomes the multiple measures undertaken by the State party, in particular by the National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH) and the National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF), to create awareness of the principles and provisions of the Convention. In this regard, the holding of the Children’s Federal Elections (1997), an illustration of the principle of respect for the views of the child (art. 12 of the Convention), is also welcomed by the Committee. 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession (1999) to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (the Belem do Pará Convention) and the legislative reform process aimed at making domestic violence a crime in the State party’s domestic legislation. The Committee considers these as positive measures to combat gender discrimination and child abuse and ill-treatment, in line with the Committee’s recommendation (CRC/C/15/Add.13, para.18). 6. The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession (in 1994) to the 1993 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption in line with the Committees recommendation (CRC/C/15/Add.13, para. 18). The State party’s accession (in 1999) to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is also welcomed by the Committee. 7. The Committee also welcomes the implementation of the Reciprocal Programme for Obtaining Maintenance Fees (URESA/RURESA) signed between the State party and the United States of America, which has particular importance owing to the high emigration rate of Mexican nationals to that country. 8. The Committee welcomes the measures taken by the State party to prevent and combat the abuse of drugs by children and, in particular, the agreement signed between the State party, UNICEF and the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) to work jointly to prevent and combat drug abuse by children. C. Factors and difficulties impeding further progress in the implementation of the Convention 9. The Committee notes that widespread poverty and long-standing economic and social disparities within the State party are still affecting the most vulnerable groups, including