17.Mr.LIBRANDO (Italy), introducing theinformal addendum swrmarizing legislation adopted sincethesubmission ofdocument E/1980/6/Add.31 on 21April1983,saidthat,priortotheadoption ofLawNo.123of24April1983,an Italian womanwhomarried aforeigner irrevocably lostherItalian nationality and assumed thatofherspouse. Thenewlawprovided thatshecouldretainherItalian nationality except wheresheexpressly reoounced it. 18•.Evenmoreimportant, aforeign spouse, whether a,manorawoman,marrying an Italian couldacquire Italian nationality sixmonths fromthedateofthethe marri5Je ifthatpersonresided inItaly,orthreeyearsfromthatdateifheor shedidnotresideinItaly,exceptincertain circumstances. Thatprovision thus established greater equality ofmenandwomenandconferred asinglenationality on thefamily, namely, Italian nationality. 19.Aforeign spouseacquiring Italian nationality alsoretained hisorher initial nationality, afactor whichwas,admittedly, contrary totheprinciple of avoiding dualnationality. 20.LawNo.184of4May1983established broader provlslons forthebenefitof children, opened thewayforadoption tochildren upto18yearsofageandhadthe effectofequating thelegalstatusofforeign minorsadopted byItalian nationals withthatofadopted Italian minors. /... i,,,E/1984,MG.1/SR.3 English ,Page5 21.Mr.KORUS(German Democratic Republic) saidthatthereportsutmitted bythe Government ofItalywasverycanprehensive, andthattheinformal addendwn andthe introductory remarks bytherepresentatives ofthatcountry hadprovided further usefulinformation. TheItalian Q:>vernment hadapparently endeavoured duringthe 1970sandearly1980stoadjust thesocial system, inparticular asregarded articles 10to12oftheCovenant, toneweconomic circumstances andtoreflectthe dernarxls ofthewomen's movement andotherdevelopments. Hewouldhaveappreciated additional statistics inthereport, ashadbeenrequested thepreceding year. 22.Withregardtoparagraph 1ofdocwnent E/1980/6/Add.31, hewishedtoknow which"essential andtrcrlitional characteristic s"mightprevent "public intervention intended tosafeguard thefamily". Withrespect toparagraph 10,he wishedtoknowwhether thereform mentioned hadbeenprompted byhistorical reasons forforcedmarriages and,ifso,whatlegalmeasures existed toprevent such marriages. Healsowishedtoknowthedifference between adeclaration ofnullity ofthemarriage bondmentioned inparagraph 10andthedissolution ofmarriage bya judgereferred toinparagraph 16,andwhatfollow-up measures weretakenwith regardtothesocialsecurity ofthepartners. 23.Notingthatamajorobjective ofthesystemoffamilyallowances wasto "respond totheprinciplesoffairness" (para.33),hewishedtoknowwhether such allowances werepaidintheeventofunemployment toprotect afamily oneofwhose members hadlostajobintheprivate sectorowingtocircumstances beyondhisor hercontrol. Hepointed outthat,according toinformation provided bythe European Economic Community, therehadbeenan8.1percentincrease between 1978 and1982inthenumberofpeopleliving belowtheofficially established poverty lineinItaly. Hewondered whatwasbeingdonetohelpthosefamilies. 24.InthelightoftheWorking Group's beliefthattheprotection ofminors wasamajorcorx:.ern oftheCovenant, hewelcomed theinformation provided in' paragraphs 267-293 concerning efforts fortheprotection ofworking minors. He wouldwelcome additional information concerning thepractical measures adopted by theItalian Government, aswellasotherentities inItaly,todealwiththat problem, particularly efforts toreducetheillegal employment ofminors. For example, hewishedtoknowwhatroletrcrleunions playedinthatregard. 25.Turning tochapter VII,ontherighttoadequate housing, hewishedtoknow, inthelightofthedecreased numberofhousing unitsavailable forrentandthe increased numberofcompulsory evacuations, whattheGovernment wasdoingto protect therightsofpoorfamilies. H&wouldalsoappreciate information coooerning thelegalbasisforcompulsory evacuations. 26.Mostofthequestions hehadraisedatthe1983session concerning drugabuse amongyoungpeople hadbeenanswered intheinformal addendum circulated the preceding day.Thatpapershouldbeincorporated inthereportinsomeform. 27.Mr.TEXIER (Frame) saidthattheverycomprehensive reportprovided bythe Government ofItalycouldserveasamodelforotherreporting Statesinsofaras bothitssubstaooe anditslengthwereconcerned. Hewishedtoknowwhether the
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the social and legal aspects of family and marriage in Italy, discussing the changes in legislation regarding nationality, adoption, and family allowances. It also touches on issues related to poverty, employment, and housing. The tone is informative, with representatives of countries sharing their perspectives and asking questions.

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Education, Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief, Health