12. The government representatives from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the
Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan agree to
take the following actions by October 2019:
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Facilitate confirmation of nationality to those with entitlement to it,
including in order to minimize the possibilities of unregistered births of
children born to individuals with undetermined nationality;
Establish a legal mechanism by which all children born on the territory will
have access to birth registration and birth certificate free of charge,
irrespective of the legal or civil status of their parents;
Establish a legal mechanism by which children born on the territory to
parents who are unable to confer nationality will have the right to acquire
nationality of the country of birth.
Facilitate the birth registration and issuance of birth certificate free of
charge for those children who were not registered at birth;
Update national statistics on registered births, including children having
difficulties with registration, to facilitate policy and planning;
Discuss the achievements and plans for provision of birth registration to all
children born on the territory at a follow-up regional meeting to be
organized by UNHCR and UNICEF in mid-2019;
Pursue work related to the achievement of the goals included in the Global
Action Plan to End Statelessness; notably those related to Action 2 (ensure
that no child is born stateless), Action 7 (ensure birth registration for the
prevention of statelessness), and Action 9 (accede to the UN Statelessness
Conventions);
Discuss during the regional follow-up meeting in mid-2019 matters related
to the preparation for the UNHCR High Level Event on Statelessness in
October 2019;
Continue working with UNHCR and UNICEF to promote birth registration
of all children born on the territory as well as to monitor progress, in this
regard, to avoid the risk of statelessness at birth;
End
8 June 2018
Almaty, Kazakhstan
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