A woman holds her infant in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in 2006. © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi In line with Action 7, Ensure birth registration for the prevention of statelessness, on 1 July, Turkmenistan’s new Law on Civil Status Acts entered into force. The new provisions will ensure that all children born in the country – including those with undocumented parents – will have their births registered. With this new law, Turkmenistan fulfils one of its pledges submitted at the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness. of ongoing armed conflict. The project will also be implemented in border regions where a decision of the International Court of Justice has resulted in border demarcations following land disputes. Furthermore on Action 7, UNHCR also supported the Sudanese Directorate of Civil Registry in resuming birth registration campaigns in a number of states including South Darfur, North Darfur and West Kordofan states. From August to September, a total of 4,895 children born to refugees, IDPs, returnees and host populations had their birth registered and were issued birth certificates. Also in line with Action 7, with support from UNHCR, on 30 September the Government of Burkina Faso issued late birth registration to 21,665 individuals in the Center-North and Northern regions facing conflicts and risks of statelessness. The General Directorate for Modernization of Civil Status of Burkina Faso and UNHCR also signed an agreement to introduce electronic civil registration in 37 health centers to prevent statelessness, using the iCivil platform. These health centers are located in areas where civil registration and documentation services are difficult to access, including as a result Also on Action 7, in March the Jordanian Government passed Defense Order No. 5 suspending deadlines for birth registration in response to COVID-19. This allowed for the late birth registration of children whose births could not be registered during the lockdown. Late birth registration fees were also waived. 6