Annex 1 General Comment Provisions related to Reproductive Rights 3. Prepare and publicize opinions, recommendations and reports, either at the request of national authorities or on their own initiative, on any matter relating to the promotion and protection of children’s rights; 4. Keep under review the adequacy and effectiveness of law and ­practice relating to the protection of children’s rights; 5. Promote harmonization of national legislation, regulations and practices with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, its Optional Protocols and other international human rights instruments relevant to children’s rights and promote their effective i­mplementation, including through the provision of advice to public and private ­bodies in construing and applying the Convention; 6. Ensure that national economic policy makers take children’s rights into account in setting and evaluating national economic and ­development plans; 7. Review and report on the Government’s implementation and ­monitoring of the state of children’s rights, seeking to ensure that statistics are appropriately disaggregated and other information ­collected on a regular basis in order to determine what must be done to realize children’s rights; 8. Encourage ratifi cation of or accession to any relevant international human rights instruments; 9. In accordance with article 3 of the Convention requiring that the best interests of children should be a primary consideration in all actions concerning them, ensure that the impact of laws and policies on children is carefully considered from development to ­implementation and beyond; 151