In line with Action 2 and Action 3, Remove gender discrimination from nationality laws, the legal commission of the Senate of Madagascar approved a bill to reform its nationality legislation, which is now pending review by the Government prior to submission to the Parliament. The bill aims to remove discriminatory provisions, grant nationality to children born in Madagascar to foreign parents who would otherwise be stateless, and introduce procedures to facilitate the grant of nationality to stateless persons. Also in line with Action 7, on 25 November, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ‘On Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Provision of Public Services’ was adopted. The law provides for important amendments to the Code on Marriage and Family to ensure that all children born in Kazakhstan are registered at birth regardless of the legal status of their parents. Relevant line Ministries are to amend all relevant by-laws and ensure their implementation in 2020. Through these amendments, Kazakhstan implemented one of its pledges made during the High-Level Segment on Statelessness before the original deadline of January 2020. With respect to Action 6, Grant protection status to stateless migrants and facilitate their naturalization, on 26 November, Bulgaria published amendments to the Regulations for the Implementation of the Law on Foreigners that enable persons recognized as stateless to apply for a permanent residence permit. With regard to Action 7, the Government of Cameroon has started implementing a Ministerial order to regularize the civil status of persons who do not have birth certificates. Instructions were given to municipal magistrates to identify persons who do not have birth certificates and regularize their situation through a procedure involving health institutions for age certificates and courts for issuance of orders for late birth registration. In line with Action 7, Ensure birth registration for the prevention of statelessness, UNHCR provided support to several governments in issuing birth certificates to populations at risk of statelessness. From October to November, UNHCR, UNICEF and the Government of the Philippines launched a mobile birth registration pilot for the indigenous Sama Bajau population in Zamboanga City which resulted in the issuance of 412 birth certificates. The project is conducted under the umbrella of the UNHCR-UNICEF Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality. Following the pilot, a ceremony was held in Zamboanga City on 10 December to present birth certificates to more than 250 indigenous Sama Bajau people. In South Sudan, the Ministry of Health issued birth notifications to 34 children in the Protection of Civilians Site in Bor in October and November, in line with the Government’s pledge made at the High-Level Segment on Statelessness to strengthen birth registration in remote areas. The birth certificates will protect these children from becoming stateless. In Niger, UNHCR and the NGO ICAHD supported the Government in issuing birth certificates to 858 persons. Also in line with Action 7, on 2 November, a large-scale children’s fair was organized in the Panj district of Tajikistan with the participation of local authorities to raise awareness of childhood statelessness. During the fair, over 300 children at risk of statelessness were issued with birth certificates. The event highlighted challenges related to birth registration and bolstered support for efforts to improve legislation and ensure universal birth registration for every child born in Tajikistan regardless of the legal status of the parents. 9