ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM Of particular concern is the fact that the bodies accept the recommendations of the Ombudsman - National Preventive Mechanism, but do not commence their implementation in the practice, mostly because their implementation is associated with providing significant financial resources, which in terms of the mandate of the NPM is unjustified. At the same time, it was determined that seven of the visited police stations did not envisage or provide special rooms for interrogation and conversation with persons deprived of their liberty, detained and detained persons, and only one police station (PS Gostivar) has adapted premises for conversation with minors, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Justice of the Child. In the visited police stations NPM determined the following more serious problems and shortcomings: in 2 of the visited police stations there are no access ramps for people with physical disabilities, in 5 police stations there are no special toilets for the officials and detainees in the police stations, and almost all commanders from the visited police stations complained about problems with the technical and material resources. Although the NPM received replies from the Ministry of Interior and the commanders of the police stations, with reference to the submitted reports from the conducted visits, the problem with the implementation of the given recommendations and directions for improving the negative situations remains. In this regard, in the responses submitted by the Ministry of Interior and the commanders of the police stations, it was obvious that efforts were being made to improve some states and shortcomings that depend on the police station itself. The National Preventive Mechanism expresses serious concern that despite the fact that it has been alerting and recommending the improvement of the material conditions in police stations for many years, the situation remains unchanged. It is obvious that the recommendations of the Ombudsman - National Preventive Mechanism, the implementation of which depends on the provision of significant financial resources, remain unrealized with the explanation that funds cannot be provided. It remains, during its term, that the Ombudsman-National Preventive Mechanism, by conducting consecutive visits to police stations and other places where persons deprived of their freedom or persons with limited freedom of movement, reside, shall continuously monitor the situation in these places, as well as the degree of implementation of the already given recommendations. 18