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accurate data on the number of people who were never registered, and the percentages vary significantly from country to country and from region to region within countries. What is certain is that poverty is a constant factor where there is under-registration, and that the latter mainly affects the most vulnerable populations.
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officially do not exist as their births were never recorded. This means that the states have no proof of their existence and that those children will therefore have no protection from a variety of violations and will also be excluded from basic services. In terms of the adult population, there are no
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Map institutions representative of the areas, prior to the execution of a project, for the purpose of including them in design and implementation;
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in their efforts to eradicate under-registration, in order to ensure recognition of the right to civil identity for all persons in the region.
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