A/HRC/10/34 page 11 36. The Government also stated that article 41 of the Citizenship Law indicates that a citizen of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with registered residence in Montenegro before 3 June 2006 can acquire Montenegrin citizenship through naturalization if they are not citizens of a foreign country and if they fulfil the conditions prescribed by the law. Qatar 37. The Government of Qatar stated that, according to the Law on Nationality, Qatari citizenship is obtained by descent, by naturalization and by settlement. Article 1 of the Law on Nationality indicates that persons who settled in Qatar prior to 1930 and that continue to reside in Qatar and their descendants are considered Qatari citizens. The Prince may declare that persons who demonstrate that they are of Qatari origin, even if they settled in Qatar after 1930, are Qatari citizens. A person whose father is a Qatari citizen is considered Qatari by birth. Article 2 of the Law on Nationality provides that foreigners may apply for naturalization if they have lived in Qatar for at least 25 continuous years and have not spent more than 2 months every year outside Qatar. In order to be naturalized, persons shall demonstrate that they have legal employment; that they have a good reputation; that they have not been charged by a court for a crime; and that they speak very good Arabic. Priority is given to persons born to a Qatari mother. Persons born in Qatar from unknown parents acquire Qatari citizenship. 38. Articles 11 and 12 provide the conditions for the loss of Qatari citizenship. The Prince may deprive persons of their Qatari citizenship if they have joined armed forces of a foreign country; if they have worked in the service of a foreign country that is in a state of war against Qatar; if they are members of any association or organization which aims at changing the political regime of Qatar; if they have been sentenced by a court of law for crimes affecting their loyalty to Qatar; and if they have acquired a foreign nationality. Naturalized Qatari citizens may be deprived of their Qatari citizenship if they acquired it by providing false information; if they have been sentenced for a crime that affects their honour; and if they have been living abroad for more than one year without providing a proper justification. The Ministry of Interior can recommend, under certain conditions, depriving nationality from a naturalized citizen for reasons of public interest. Russian Federation 39. The Government of the Russian Federation stated that, in its view, article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination provides that distinctions made by States between citizens and non-citizens do not constitute discrimination, thus leaving a protection gap for stateless persons. This situation could lead to situations in which States can be selective in their approach to the protection of certain minorities and interpret the existing international legal concepts in an arbitrary way. The Government indicated that some countries, with the assistance of declarations and reservations to international instruments, observe international norms only with regard to their citizens, while stateless persons are subjected to substantial discrimination. In some cases, national laws have established the status of non-citizens to distinguish their treatment from ordinary citizens. This situation creates a situation of inequality for persons who belong to national minorities, even when these national groups represent the majority of the population in a given area. 40. Persons arbitrarily deprived of their citizenship are in practice considered as migrants, even though these persons lived on the territories of the relevant States for several years. Their rights