E. Family Environment and Alternative Care (Articles 5, 9-11, 18(1) and (2), 20, 21, 25 and 27(4)) Issue 26. Child Welfare Deliberation Committee 90. The Child Welfare Act requires that the heads of larger local governments and basic local governments should set up the Child Welfare Deliberation Committee which reviews the matters pertaining to the protective dispositions for children subject to protection (including counseling, guidance and other measures necessary for foster care, admission to a child welfare facility, admission to a specialized treatment institution or adoption), the matters pertaining to the discharge of those children from the relevant facilities, the matters pertaining to the claim for restricting the exercise of parental authority or sentencing the loss of parental authority, the matters pertaining to the request for selection or replacement of a child’s guardian, and the matters pertaining to the selection of children subject to protection and the provision of support to the selected children. 91. However, there are still some local governments which do not have the Child Welfare Deliberation Committee. In accordance with the Child Welfare Act, local governments should formulate an ordinance which governs the structure, composition and operation of the Child Welfare Deliberation Committee, but, as of July 2019, such ordinance exists in only 176 out of the total 243 local governments (in 17 cities/provinces and 226 si/gun/gu entities) which are legally obliged to adopt such ordinance. 92. In the Policies for Children toward Building an Inclusive Society which was published in May 2019, the Government planned to establish a committee for case determination under the Child Welfare Deliberation Committee in order to ensure that the best way of protection is chosen for each of the children subject to protection. However, even the Child Welfare Deliberation Committee is not in place in many local governments. 93. The Government should support the Child Welfare Deliberation Committees so that they can be fully specialized for effective operation, deliberations and case management, in order to ensure that local governments take the best measures for the children subject to protection. 23