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72.
Make it a priority in its future plans to improve the situation of certain
vulnerable groups, such as women, particularly those in rural areas, children,
and persons with disabilities (Algeria); take further measures to provide
protection and assistance to vulnerable social groups, including the elderly,
persons with disabilities, poor families, orphans and others (Belarus);
73
Promote and protect the rights of vulnerable peoples, the right to
education and to right to development to bring down poverty in urban and
rural areas simultaneously while maintaining peace, stability and protection of
the environment (Lao People's Democratic Republic);
74.
Close the so-called rehabilitation centres, where poor people living on
the streets arrested in police operations are held, and pursue adequate social
policies that address the problems of the concerned socially disadvantaged
groups (Austria);
75.
Ensure transparent management of oil, gas and mineral revenues to
meet the social and economic rights of people living in Cambodia by adopting
international best practice, in particular implementation of the Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative (Ireland);
76.
Intensify its public expenditure on the implementation of economic,
social and cultural rights (Netherlands); continue efforts in allocating more
resources to ensure the betterment of economic and social rights of citizens, in
particular in the areas of poverty reduction, urban-rural equality, education,
public services, etc. (Viet Nam); carry out the necessary efforts to increase
expenditures for social programmes, particularly relative to education and
access to housing (Mexico); further increase its national spending on health and
education sectors to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals
(Azerbaijan);
77.
Further strengthen the law reforms and policy aimed at protecting the
people’s rights and for the betterment of the poor and other disadvantaged
groups (Viet Nam);
78.
Stay steadfast in promoting adequate social policies that aim to achieve
just distribution of wealth and social wellbeing of the population (Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela);
79.
As recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, intensify efforts to achieve
better promotion and protection of the rights of the child (Algeria);
80.
Continue the development of specific legislation to promote and protect
the rights of the child, including civil society participation, preventive measures
in education and reinsertion into society of minors in difficult situations
(Spain);
81.
Incorporate a legal definition of the child, a minimum age for criminal
responsibility and sexual consent, and enforce the law on the minimum age of
marriage, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and
develop and implement national legislation which criminalizes and penalizes
the distribution, sale and display of child pornography (Israel);
82.
Continue to seek technical assistance in drafting legislation in the field of
children’s rights (Slovenia);
83
Strengthen its policy for the full guarantee of the rights of the child with
attention to the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of
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