Prostitutes who were addiated to alcohol or drugs were entitled prostitutes. to assistance from the speaialixed drug treatment and rehabilitation services. Further measures that had been taken were the publication of a pamphlet and the organization of seminars on related problems. The results of researah on prostitution had been disseminated; it was unlikely, however, that the criminalieation of the customer would be introduced. She said that the dissemination of information on AIDS was aimed primarily at specific target groups. Broad-based information campaigns had also been carried out, Seventy per cent of all UN-infected heterosexuals were women. 150. On article I, she said that the peraentage of women on all committees had been increasing steadily since 1983: however, the rate of new appointments of women had been fluatuating. The representative said that the inoreased number of women in politics had had an inipaot on political deaision-making and mentioned, as an example, the longer period of paid maternity leave and the efforts to provide sufficient child-care centres. 151. Responding to follow-up questions on article I, the representative said political parties had adopted rules regarding quotas for women -and men, and that political parties received public funding, as did women’s orgauieations to some extent. that most 152. Regarding article 0, she stated that only 3 out of 72 ambassadors were women end that the percentage of women in the foreign service ot the lower and higher levels was gradually increasing. She could not provide any statistics on the number of Norwegian personnel working in international organi&ations, but said that women in particular were urged to apply and that the number of canaidates t-hat were accepted bad increased in recent years. 153. In reply to a question under article 9 on nationality, pursuant to the Norwegian Nationality Act of 195u, women’s changing or retaining their citieenship were to obtaining, and were not affected by marriage. An amendment to the Act child would receive Norwegian citieenship if its mother was subject. she said that, rights with regard the same as men’s stated thet a a Norwegian 154. On article 10, she said that no comprehensive statistics on drop-out rates were available. She provided some data on the number of women studying at university, and said that the two critical phases in vocational training seemed to be the initial phase and the provision of an apprenticeship contract. Measures had been taken to reduce the problem6 in the initial phase. The Ministry of Church and Educational Affairs had the responsibility for monitoring the 1985 education progremme, 155. Turning to article 11, the repreoentative said that many women worked part time either because of inadequate child-care facilities or out of choiae. The new tendency was for younger women to work in full-time employment, whereas older women , even those without child-care obligations, tended to a larger extent to work part time. Part-time workers were covered by the same social security provisions as full-time workers. Currently, domestic workers were covered by a separate act, but the integration of its provisions into the Working Environment Act was under discussion. Although the number of child-care facilities had been increasing in reeent years, she said that it was still well below what was needed. Regarding the general -29-