2.2 Analysis of the provisions in the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic The following legal documents are part of the legislative base for regulation of issues of nationality and statelessness today in the Kyrgyz Republic. 1) Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic – edition of 23 October 2007; 2) Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On Citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic of 21 May 2007, no. 70; 3) Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On State Guarantees for Ethnic Kyrgyz Returning to their Historical Homeland of 26 November 2007, no. 175; 4) Statute on the procedure for considering issues of citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic, approved by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic of 25 October 2007, no. 473; 5) Statute on the procedure for registering and awarding temporary and permanent residence to foreign citizens and stateless persons in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, approved by Regulation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 13 November 2008, no. 626; 6) Statute on the Commission on Issues of Nationality under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, approved by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic of 25 October 2007, no. 473; 7) Statute on simplifying the procedure for obtaining citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic by citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, approved by Regulation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 25 May 2004, no. 380; 8) Statute on simplifying the procedure for obtaining citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic by citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, approved by Regulation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 3 April 2006, no. 220; 9) Statute on simplifying the procedure for obtaining citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic by citizens of the Russian Federation arriving for permanent residence in the Kyrgyz Republic, and renunciation of citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic by citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic arriving for permanent residence in the Russian Federation, approved by Regulation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 4 May 1999, no. 128; 10) Statute on simplifying the procedure for obtaining citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic by citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, approved by Regulation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 12 December 1999, no. 684; 11) Statute on the procedure for registering and making inserts into birth certificates, confirming the holding of citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic of the child, approved by Regulation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 2 May 2008, no. 201. 2.2.1 Granting of nationality In accordance with Article 11 of the Law On Citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic, citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic is obtained on the following grounds: 27 Small Changes ‫ ـ‬Big Gains: An Action Plan to Prevent and Reduce Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic