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23. The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts
to ensure that the provisions and the principles of the Convention are widely recognized
and understood by adults and children alike. In this regard, it encourages the State party
to continue to disseminate and raise awareness of the Convention among children and
adults, particularly in remote areas. The Committee also invites the State party to
continue to develop creative and child-friendly methods of promoting and teaching
the Convention.

2. General principles
(arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12 of the Convention)

The right to non-discrimination

24. The Committee is concerned about the persistence of both direct and indirect
discrimination against the child, contrary to article 2 of the Convention, particularly with respect
to the girl child, children of indigenous, and religious or ethnic minority communities, children
of refugees and asylum-seekers, children of migrant workers, street children, children with
disabilities, children living in rural areas, and children living in poverty. The Committee is also
concerned that there continues to be regional disparities, especially in the southernmost
provinces, in access to social, health and educational services.

25. The Committee recommends that the State party, in accordance with article 2 of the
Convention, take more effective measures to ensure that all children within its jurisdiction
enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Convention on the basis of non-discrimination by
effectively implementing existing laws which guarantee that principle. The Committee
recommends that the State party prioritize social and health services and ensure equal
opportunities to education for children belonging to the most vulnerable groups, including
Muslim, immigrant and refugee children. The Committee further recommends that the
State party carry out comprehensive public education campaigns to prevent and combat all
forms of discrimination.

26. The Committee requests that specific information be included in the next periodic
report on the measures and programmes relevant to the Convention undertaken by the
State party to follow up on the Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the 2001
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance, also taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 1 on the aims
of education of 2001 (CRC/GC/2001/1).

Right to life, survival and development

27. The Committee notes with concern that the violence and civil unrest in the southern
provinces of the country have had severe consequences on children and their families, and
endangered the right of the child to life, survival and development. The Committee notes with
particular concern the lack of rehabilitation, counselling and other assistance programmes for
child survivors and witnesses of violence in these provinces. The Committee is also concerned
about the situation of former child soldiers in the country, some of whom may be in camps
for refugees.