2. What other measures have been adopted to raise the awareness of professional groups? (para. 75 of the report)

3. Poverty and economic adjustment limit resources. How does the State intend to obtain resources to put the Plan of Action into practice, at both the national and international levels?

4. In view of the harsh effects of the economic adjustment, is there any social support for the most vulnerable groups? What measures are being adopted in that respect?

5. In addition to the serious economic problems, there are also obstacles of a technical nature in guaranteeing access by most Bolivian children and young people to their most basic rights, such as the right to health, education and special protection. Is international cooperation in this field significant? What types of cooperation are most needed by Bolivia at this time?

6. In what way does the Bolivian Government intend to overcome the traditional lack of coordination between economic and social policy? This is a feature of nearly all the Latin American region and is not exclusive to Bolivia.

7. What cooperation is there at the regional level with regard to the rights of the child? Are special meetings, such as the one held in Ecuador in June 1992, useful for making public opinion and governmental authorities aware of the need to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child?

10. Please indicate the measures adopted by the authorities to eliminate and prevent attitudes and prejudices which make for discrimination against girls and disabled children. (art. 2 of the Convention)

11. Please describe the measures planned or being implemented and the factors and difficulties involved in reducing the differences between rural and urban areas. (art. 2 of the Convention)

12. Please describe specific measures taken to remedy problems faced in the area of basic services such as water and sanitation and to reduce the high rate of infant mortality. (art. 6 of the Convention)

13. With regard to recognition of the principle of respect for the views of the child, it would be interesting to have specific indications of the way in which this principle is reflected in legal provisions or judicial decisions. (para. 73 of the report) (art. 12 of the Convention)

15. Are non-Catholic children compelled to receive Catholic instruction in public schools? (para. 87 of the report)

17. Do the integral training centres for orphaned and abandoned children operate under a boarding system?

18. How does Bolivia's new Juvenile Code deal with the problem of inter-country adoption?

19. Please indicate factors and difficulties which may affect the recovery of maintenance for the child, such as the lack of adequate birth registration.

22. How is the policy of introducing languages other than Spanish into the schools developing? Are there any far-reaching initiatives or only experimental and selective projects?

23. Is the adoption of the Roman Catholic religion as the "official State religion" not in contradiction with the right of indigenous children to have their own religion and culture?

24. What is being done to reduce the distressing 53 per cent rate of functional illiteracy in rural areas?

25. What is being planned to overcome the proliferation of rules and the lack of consistency in the legislation on education?

26. The report itself admits that the statistics on education are "fragmentary and somewhat unreliable". What is being planned to overcome this difficulty?

28. In what way are the provisions of article 37 (b), (c), and (d) of the Convention reflected in Bolivian law and practice?

29. How is the Bolivian Government dealing with the problem of irregular adoptions (sale and traffic) of children by foreign couples? Have any specific measures been adopted? Has anyone been indicted? Have any of the children returned to their original homes?

30. Please provide information on the implementation of the pilot project for intercultural and multilingual primary education. (para. 55 of the report)