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Citizenship Reform – 2008

Steady progress was made in terms of issuing duplicate birth certificates for the purpose of providing national identity cards. By the end of December, 2.8 million people among the country’s population of 19 million were identified nationwide as needing duplicate birth certificates.¹

1. “Nineteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2009/21) January 8, 2009; “Ivory Coast extends voter identification deadline.” Agence France Presse, August 19, 2008.