Also in line with Action 7, the Government of Rwanda endorsed civil registration services at health centres during an extraordinary cabinet meeting on 16 June. To ensure legal identity for all, in line with SDG Target 16.9, this action permits a “one-stop approach”: when the birth occurs, all processes of notification, registration and certification are done at once, thereby increasing the number of persons with birth certificates. This development follows the amendment of the 2016 Law Governing Persons and Family published in the official gazette in February this year. Furthermore on Action 7, in Morocco UNHCR launched a survey with a legal partner to identify and assist children who have not been registered at birth. The ultimate goal is to regularize the civil status situation of all children born to refugees and asylum seekers in the country. Finally, with respect to Action 9, Accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions, the National Assembly in the Republic of Congo adopted bills in favour of accession to the two UN Conventions on Statelessness on 26 June. Media impact of the Campaign On 25 June, UNHCR and the Governments of Togo, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea started a virtual awareness campaign on the importance of birth registration and challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The media campaign will be carried out through advertisement spots featuring government officials, artists and influencers on TV, radio, and social media in urban and rural areas. The spots will be translated into various local languages. Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary entitled “Stateless” follows the grassroots campaign of an activist named Rosa Iris as she fights to protect the right to citizenship for all people in the Dominican Republic. 6

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