In Niger, national authorities supported by UNHCR facilitated the issuance of over 1000 birth certificates through mobile courts in the regions of Tahoua, Maradi, Tillabéri and Diffa. Community sensitization activities were also implemented in these areas, including through community radio broadcast messages, community awareness sessions and theatre performances. Key topics included the importance of civil documentation for the prevention of statelessness and provided information on the relevant services. In Burkina Faso, with financial support from the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, UNHCR and the government delivered over 7,000 identity and civil status documents (birth certificates, nationality certificates and identity cards) to internally displaced persons and their host communities in three regions of Burkina Faso. UNHCR also supported the municipality of Fada-N’Gourma in the Eastern region to digitize and preserve close to 70,000 birth certificates. In line with Action 7 and Action 8: Issue nationality documentation to those with entitlement to it, in Mozambique, as of June, a total of 23,978 internally displaced persons at risk of statelessness have been issued with civil documentation, including birth certificates. Mobile legal services provided by the Catholic University, UNHCR’s partner in Pemba also supported this initiative. Access to civil documentation can reduce risks of statelessness and enables the displaced populations to access services and protection. In line with Action 8 and Action 6, in Kazakhstan, as part of a nation-wide identification and documentation campaign, UNHCR and partners visited eight regions to raise awareness on the issue of statelessness and provided stateless persons with legal counselling and assistance. The campaign, which came to an end in May, identified more than 8,800 persons without documentation. A total of 7,551 have since received documentation, 4,868 were confirmed as citizens of Kazakhstan and received nationality documentation and 2,683 were recognized as stateless and provided with documentation. UNHCR > The Campaign to End Statelessness | April – June 2022 Update In South Sudan, UNHCR organized a targeted documentation mission to Raja in Western Bahr El Ghazal State. Nationality Officers from the Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passport and Immigration assisted cross-border communities to register for nationality documentation. A total of 2,000 vulnerable persons were financially supported. Nationality cards will be issued to those reached through the campaign, enabling them to graduate school, apply for jobs and start businesses. In Indonesia, the government issued Government Regulation No. 21 of 2022 on Procedures to Obtain, Lose, Cancel and Re-Obtain Indonesian Nationality, revising the earlier Regulation No. 2 of 2007. The government regulation provides a legal basis for children born to parents from mixed descent to be registered as Indonesian nationals, where they were previously excluded. In Thailand, the Ministry of Interior announced a plan to resolve legal status issues faced by vulnerable persons who are under the government’s institutional care. The plan targets 23 government shelters run by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, and persons with mental health conditions receiving treatment in the hospitals administered by the Ministry of Public Health. Efforts will include expedited registration procedures, issuance of identity documentation and confirmation of Thai nationality. In the Dominican Republic, in accordance with Action 10: Improve quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations, UNHCR strengthened the systemization of available data on persons at risk of statelessness, bringing the total number of cases registered with UNHCR to over 104,000. The exercise was facilitated through records provided by the Dominican Central Electoral Board. These updated records reinforce the availability of quantitative data and contribute to the analysis of the situations of affected persons, including challenges to access education, employment, and other protection concerns. In Indonesia, UNHCR’s partner, Universitas Diponegoro, conducted research in four border locations, identifying up to 2,000 stateless persons of Filipino descent in North Sulawesi. 4