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Eritrea(a) To reduce child mortality by over 50 per cent and increase immunizationcoverage from 10 to 60 per cent;(b) To increase enrolment and literacy rates, and the introduction ofthe mother tongue as a language of instruction in primaryschools;(c) To develop programmes to improve girls’ access to education,including through participation in the African Girls EducationInitiative;(d) To develop a strategy and programmes to combat female genitalmutilation;(e) To provide alternative care, while avoiding institutionalization, ofchildren that have been orphaned due to past armed conflicts.4. The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession in 2001 to theConvention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Productionand Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of2001 and its ratification of ILO Convention, 1973 (No. 138) in 2000.C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation ofthe Convention5. The Committee recognizes that the continuing effects of past armedconflicts as well as the current drought, poverty and structural adjustmentprogrammes present difficulties with respect to the full implementationof the Convention in the State party.D. Principle areas of concern and recommendations1. General measures of implementationLegislation6. The Committee welcomes the creation of the Child Law Committee221