Page 25 V. CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS A. Name, Nationality, Identity and Birth Registration (Article 6) 1. Legal recognition of births In addition to civil status ordinance 81/02 of 29 June 1981, the draft persons and family code on and the child protection code set forth legislation on declaration of births, which is an obligation for all parents or anyone with knowledge about the birth of a child. Traditional, religious and other opinion leaders have been sensitized to this effect. For marginalized and under-privileged peoples like the Bororos, pygmies, and those of the mountain regions and border creek areas, the Government has been working over the last two years with international partners to register births. This is aimed at providing access to citizenship and school enrolment for children from these impoverished populations. Following awareness campaigns carried out during the June 2003 edition of the Day of the African Child, to support the efforts of Government, in 2009, the UNICEF Special Protection Programme provided 150 birth registers, which were distributed in the Adamaoua and North regions, where birth registration was low. Efforts have also been made to register all other children. In this regard, a programme is underway to register the marginal Mbororo, Baka, Bakola or pygmies in the Adamaoua, East and North-West provinces, with the support of UNICEF and the Plan Cameroon NGO. This project was aimed at raising awareness to mobilize resource persons and issue over 20,000 birth certificates between 2000 and 2005. 2) Giving of Names Per the provisions of relevant international instruments ratified by Cameroon, the persons and family code bill recognizes the right of every child to have a national identity right from birth. The elements making up the child‟s identity are his name, his age (date and place of birth) and names of parents. Prior to its entry into force, this instrument is already applied, and all children living in Cameroon carry names that give them honour and dignity.