A/HRC/10/34 page 8 Guatemala 25. The Government of Guatemala stated it has ratified the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Government has also withdrawn all reservations and declarations to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol. Article 144 of the Guatemala Constitution indicates that Guatemalan citizens may not be deprived of their nationality. Guatemalan citizens who obtained their Guatemalan citizenship at birth may not be deprived of their nationality even when a second nationality has been acquired, except when renunciation of Guatemalan nationality is compulsory in order to obtain the nationality of the other State. In those cases, persons with a legal domicile in Guatemala may request that their Guatemalan nationality be subsequently reinstated. 26. The Government indicated that during the internal armed conflict certain municipalities’ archives were burnt, thus leading to the loss of relevant identification documents. Due to the lack of adequate access to certain parts of the country, a number of persons have never registered their children, leaving them without any valid identification. The Government stated that more than 1 million citizens do not have personal identification documents, a situation that affects the exercise of citizens’ rights, particularly the right to a nationality. Efforts have been made to include persons on electoral lists, particularly women, to guarantee the exercise of their political rights. In 2005, the Government of Guatemala created the National Registry of Persons, which began to function in 2007. Its objective is to organize and keep a unified registry of identification of all persons. The Government also indicated that another challenge is to convince all persons to register, particularly in light of the cost of obtaining personal documentation, including transportation to registration offices. Iraq 27. The Government of Iraq stated that, according to its Constitution, every Iraqi citizen has the right to a nationality. Article 15 of Law No. 26 of 2006 indicates that persons may be deprived of Iraqi citizenship if they carry out acts that are dangerous to the safety and security of the State and if, when submitting an application for naturalization, they provide false information about themselves or members of their families. Islamic Republic of Iran 28. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that article 41 of the Constitution indicates that all Iranians have the right to Iranian citizenship. The Government may not deprive Iranians from their citizenship unless persons request it or if they acquire the citizenship of another country. Article 42 of the Constitution establishes that foreign nationals may apply to acquire Iranian citizenship. These persons may be deprived of their citizenship only if another State agrees to accord them its citizenship, or if they voluntarily renounce Iranian citizenship. The Government stated that the latest amendment to the State Civil Code of September 2006 indicates that children born in Iran of a marriage between Iranian women and foreign men may apply for Iranian citizenship after reaching 18 years of age. Applicants will be granted Iranian citizenship provided that they have no criminal or security record and that they renounce their non-Iranian citizenship. From the date of the adoption of the law, those persons who are born in Iran of a marriage between an Iranian woman and a foreign man, and when the marriage has