Nationality not Naturalization - The Rights of Lebanese Women to Full Citizenship and to Confer their Nationality to their Children Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, to obtain • • • Number of Lebanese children married to foreigners or nonregistered persons who are unable to take official exams or pursue their studies due to incomplete personal papers such as residency or identification cards (according to the father’s nationality and, if possible, the regions). Number of marriages concluded between Lebanese and nonLebanese registered with Lebanese embassies and consulates abroad since 1995 to date including: - Nationalities of spouses. - Denomination and sect of both spouses. - Reference and country of the procedure for contracting the marriage. However, more than two months after the memo was sent, the National Commission for Lebanese Women has not received any answer to its memo. Number of births of a Lebanese mother and foreign father registered with Lebanese embassies and consulates abroad. Directorate of Internal Security Forces to obtain • Number of marriage contracts concluded between Lebanese women and non-Lebanese transferred by diplomatic pouch to the Directorate of Personal Status in Lebanon or the Directorate General of Political Affairs and Refugees. • Number of marriage contracts still pending at embassies or consulates abroad to complete some documents or other. • Number of arrested and convicted persons of a Lebanese mother and/or non-registered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid” married to foreigners. • Number of non-registered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid” in Lebanon. The National Commission has received an oral reply that no statistics are available from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. However, more than two months after the memo was sent, the National Commission for Lebanese Women has not received any answer to its memo. Ministry of Health, to obtain Directorate of General Security to obtain • Number of children of Lebanese women and non-registered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid” who are married to nonLebanese or non-registered persons, who benefit from various health services and provisions, including chronic medicines. • Any procedures and/or strategies adopted by the Ministry of Health to provide and secure health protection for Lebanese children of Lebanese and non-registered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid” who are married to non-Lebanese or nonregistered person. However, more than two months after the memo was sent, the National Commission for Lebanese Women has not received any answer to its memo. Ministry of Health to obtain • Number of children of Lebanese women (and non-registered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid” who are married to foreigners, attending public schools and institutes in Lebanon — by region and by schedule (before and afternoon). • Any strategies or policies adopted by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to prevent school drop-outs from Lebanese children of Lebanese women married to nonLebanese or non-registered person. • Number of children of a Lebanese woman married to a foreigner or to a non-registered person enrolled and annually takes official exams. (By region — if possible). • Number of residency permits granted (courtesy and work residencies) to the spouses and children of Lebanese women married to non-Lebanese, broken down by regions, nationality, denomination and sect of spouses, and the place the marriage was officiated. • Occupation of foreign spouses and children of Lebanese woman married to foreigners who benefit from a courtesy and/or work residencies. • Number of passports issued in the interest of children of Lebanese woman married to a non-registered foreigner “Maktoumi al-Qaid” and/or foreign. • Number of laissez-passers issued to the interest of nonregistered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid”. Indeed, the Directorate of the Public Security Forces replied that the number of courtesy residences granted to spouses and children of Lebanese women married to non-Lebanese was 502,204 and that the number of laissez-passers issued to non-registered Lebanese women “Maktoumi al-Qaid” was 1,119. The reply sent by the Directorate of General Security included a table of the number of courtesy residences granted to the spouses and children of Lebanese women married to non-Lebanese according to the application centres, as follows: 19