Committee on the rights of the childPrograma de Desarrollo Continuo para Inspectores”, Año 2006
----- * In accordance with the information transmitted to States parties regarding the processing of their reports, the present document was not formally edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services. ** The annexes are circulated as received and only in the language in which they were submitted. GE.09-43839 (EXT) 1 CRC/C/15/Add.232 of 30 June 2004, paragraph 71. 2 This information was requested from the Network for Children and Adolescents, which groups together some 60 NGOs working to promote and defend child rights in El Salvador. Two meetings were held to explain the methods used to draft the report and to request contributions to it. 3 CRC/C/65/Add.25 of 22 October 2003, paragraphs 5-22. 4 Formerly known as the Salvadoran Institute for the Protection of Minors (ISPM). 5 CRC/C/65/Add.25 of 22 October 2003, paragraphs 128-130. 6 FESAL National Family Health Survey 2002/03. El Salvador. 7 FESAL 2002-2003. 8 Note that the next FESAL survey is scheduled for 2008, so we used institutional data from the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare. 9 Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare. Third National Study of Iodine Excretion in Urine in El Salvador, 2004. 10 Source: Information, Monitoring and Assessment Unit, Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (2005). 11 80% of the total population, according to DIGESTYC (2004). 12 Percentage of children under 5 living with their mothers, who have received at least one dose of vitamin A: rural areas 54.6%, urban areas 39.9%. 13 Percentage of mothers who took vitamin A in the first few days alter giving birth. 14 The legal basis of the iodized sal programme is the 1993 Iodized Salt Act and its implementing regulations, and the technical standard for iodized salt, updated in 2004 in line with the guidelines of the Codex Alimentarius. 15 Qualitative method using MBI KITS. 16 Modified Dunn and Crutchfield spectrophotometry method. 17 The Fortification of Sugar with Vitamin A Act was approved by Legislative Decree in April 1994. In August of that year, a quality assurance and control plan was devised, which has been successfully in use since then. The Implementing Regulation for the Fortification of Sugar with Vitamin A Act was approved by Executive Order in February 1995, and the Technical Standard for Sugar and Premixes was approved by Ministerial Resolution in May of that year. The current updated Salvadoran standard is NSO 67.20.01:04 Sugar Specifications. 18 The Salvadoran standard is NSO 67.03.02:03 Processed Corn Flour, and there is a plan for supervising production sites, shops and homes. 19 See articles 54 and 56 of the Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador. 20 Legislative Decree No. 917 of 1996. 21 There is currently a bill proposing to change the ISRI’s name to Salvadoran Institute for Comprehensive Rehabilitation, adapting the regulations to the actual situation which is being studied by the Technical Secretariat of the Presidency. 22 Of these boys, 22 are aged over 18 chronologically, but their mental ages vary from 1 to 8. 23 Of these girls, 14 are aged over 18 chronologically, but their mental ages vary from 1 to 8. 24 Production of handicrafts and ornaments. 25 Learning how to use a sewing machine or manual needlework and embroidery. 26 The Special Education Centre has the facilities and an instructor for giving this course. 27 Legislative Decree No. 888 of 2000. See article 2 of the Act. 28 See articles 18 and 19 of the The Equal Opportunties for the Disabled Act. 29 Executive Order No. 99 of 2000. 30 This does not include households with access to a neighbour’s water supply. 31 See EHPM. 32 Ibid. See also Annex X. 33 MSPAS. See also FESAL 98 and FESAL 2003. 34 Note that ONUSIDA estimates for 2004 are close to 30,000 cases of persons living with HIV/AIDS, due to under-recording varying between 40 and 50 per cent. 35 142 in 2001, 138 in 2002, 129 in 2003 and 20 in 2004. See also Annex X. 36 Dossier 454-11-2006-1, the Legislative Assembly Committee on the Family, Women and Children. 37 Annual enrolment census for each year. Projection of the population of El Salvador. 1995-2025. MINED. 38 MINED census 2006. 39 Illiteracy means the proportion of persons aged 10 and over who cannot read or write. 40 MINED census 2006. 41 El Salvador ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, by means of Legislative Decree No 280 of 25 February 2004, published in Official Gazette No 57 of 23 March 2004. 42 Legislative Decrees No 210 and No 457, of November 2003, published in January 2004 43 Ibid 44 Previously Juvenile Offenders Act 45 In 1994, in his presentation of the Juvenile Offenders Bill to the Legislative Assembly, the Minister of Justice stated: “According to the Criminal Policy Unit of this Ministry, based on data for the past year provided by the General Directorate for Prisons and Rehabilitation, the proportion of crime attributed to minors between the ages of sixteen and eighteen accounts for 14 to 15 per cent of all crimes committed in our country". 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