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identify the yearly budgetary amount andproportion spent on persons under 18years of age.Data collection16. The Committee welcomes the various effortsto improve data collection but it remainsconcerned that in some areascovered by the Convention, includingchildren with disabilities, migrant children,children living in extreme poverty,abused and neglected children, childrenwithin the justice system and childrenbelonging to minorities and indigenouschildren, data are lacking or insufficient.17. The Committee recommends that theState party strengthen its existing mechanismsfor data collection and developindicators consistent with theConvention and, where necessary, establishadditional mechanisms for datacollection, in order to ensure that dataare collected on all areas of theConvention and that these are disaggregated,inter alia, by age for all personsunder 18 years, gender, urban and ruralareas and by those groups of childrenwho are in need of special protection. Itfurther encourages the State party to usethese indicators and data to formulatepolicies and programmes for the effectiveimplementation of the Convention.Dissemination of the Convention18. The Committee notes with appreciationthe establishment of a Task Force forPopularizing the Convention and it is encouragedby the efforts of the State party,in collaboration with UNICEF, otherinternational agencies and national andinternational non-governmental organizations,in disseminating informationabout the principles and provisions ofthe Convention, for example throughpublications, broadcast media and thetraining of professionals. Nevertheless,the Committee is concerned that theConvention is not disseminated at alllevels of society. In addition, theCommittee notes that the training and retrainingof professionals working with,and for, children is not systematic butmore on an ad hoc basis.9. The Committee recommends that theState party continue to develop creativeand child-friendly methods of promoting62