the option to replace the father, in cases of emergency, in accomplishing certain deeds relating to civil life (administrative formalities, schooling of the children) in the event of the absence or unavailability of the latter; in the event of divorce, the right of guardianship of her own children over whom she has custody. 2) In Ordinance No. 70-86 of 15 December 1970, on the Algerian Nationality Code, as amended and supplemented in 2006: 373. Today, the Nationality Code allows for the acquisition of nationality through the Algerian mother (Section 6). Similarly, that Algerian nationality can be acquired through marriage with an Algerian man or with an Algerian woman (Section 9 a). - Measures taken towards strengthening women’s political rights: 374. After the 2008 amendment, Article 31 of the Constitution which was introduced stipulates that “The State shall work for the promotion of the political rights of women by increasing their chances of access to representation in the elected assemblies”. The introduction of this new article into the Constitution falls within the framework of the public strategy aimed at institutionalizing good governance and strengthening democratic principles and equality of opportunities among citizens. 375. The implementation of this provision led to the formulation and promulgation of Organic Law No. 12-03 of 12 January 2012 establishing the procedures for increasing the chances of access by women to representation in the elected assemblies. In practice, this approach was confirmed recently by the opening of political party structures for women’s representation, and by the entry of women in large numbers into electoral competition. 376. At the end of the last legislative elections held in May 2012, 146 women were elected as Members of Parliament into the National Peoples’ Assemblies out of 462 members of the Assembly. With such results, Algerian women are front runners when it comes to women’s representation in Parliament in the Arab and African contexts or even in the world. 377. Furthermore, as part of the fight against numerical literacy, measures have been taken by the Algerian Government to facilitate access by Algerian women to Information and Communication Technology, especially in the area of mass training which enabled 8,810 rural women to be trained in the use of ICT. Article 19: Peoples’ Right to Equality 378. Algeria is lobbying for equal treatment of States in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Charter which establishes sovereign equality to all Member States of the United Nations Organization. No consideration whatsoever should justify breaching the honour and the dignity of peoples. 379. In this respect, the Algerian Constitution stipulates in Article 26 that the leaders of the country “shall not resort to war to attack the legitimate sovereignty and the liberty of other peoples and shall extend its solidarity to only "colonial peoples and territories", as stipulated unambiguously in the General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960. 62