Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. [Government, Legislature] • Intensify national efforts and mobilise international support to reduce child beggary and child prostitution. [Government] • Take due care to shield the youth package projects from partisan politics so that all youth can claim ownership. [Government] • Consider the establishment of a National Youth Service Corps that will foster performance of civic duties and internships of a non-military nature by youth among the people of different nationalities and, in so doing enable, young people to develop a healthy respect and appreciation for the cultures of other Ethiopians, and a sense of national unity in diversity. [Government and Legislature] Objective Nine: Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable Groups including the Disabled, Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees I. Summary of CSAR 244 The CSAR states that Ethiopia ratified the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, as well as the OAU Convention governing the Specific Aspects of the Refugee problem in Africa. The CSAR further categorises three main groups of vulnerable persons: Persons with Disabilities (PWDs); refugees; and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The 2007 National Housing and Population census put the figure of PWDs at 707,731 while the number of refugees was 83,471, according to the 2008 government report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. The rights of vulnerable groups, including refugees, internally displaced people, and physically disabled people, are defended by the Constitution. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities are provided for in Article 45 of the Ethiopian Constitution. The CSAR states that with the support of international organisations, such as the UNHCR and Red Cross, the government has set up refugee centres to facilitate service provision. However, some refugee centres are located in arid and isolated areas where the refugees cannot be productive. 245 IDPs occur in periods of drought, natural disasters and ethnic conflicts. Whenever there are displaced persons, government provides various services such as health centres, household items, schools, and potable water. Security is also provided by the Federal police or the army. No tangible results have been realised to date although government has mandated the House of the Federation to handle interethnic clashes (a main cause of IDPs). More systematic mechanisms should be established to handle these clashes. - 114 -