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: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. 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 3