CCPR/C/KGZ/CO/2 Birth registration 26. The Committee is concerned at the absence of a birth registration system for newborns in the provinces of Osh and Jalal-Abad, as well as at the difficulties encountered by women who do not have a passport in registering their newborn children (art. 24). The State party should ensure that every child is registered immediately after birth, and take measures, including awareness-raising, to facilitate the registration process with regard to children of parents who may have particular difficulties providing the necessary identification documents. Minority rights 27. While noting the State party’s efforts to integrate minorities into political and public life, the Committee remains concerned about the low level of representation of minorities in political and public institutions, at both the national and local levels. The Committee is concerned at reports that several schools have changed the language of instruction from the minority language to Kyrgyz, and that some of the Uzbek-language media were closed, including two independent Osh-based Uzbek-language television stations, Mezon TV and Osh TV, following the June 2010 events (art. 27). The State party should strengthen its efforts to ensure representation of minorities in political and public bodies at all levels, including the judiciary and law enforcement, to facilitate education in minority languages for children belonging to minority ethnic groups and promote the use of minority languages in the media, including by restoring Uzbek-language television stations. Dissemination of information relating to the Covenant and the Optional Protocols 28. The State party should widely disseminate the Covenant, the two Optional Protocols to the Covenant, the text of its second periodic report, the written replies to the list of issues drawn up by the Committee, and the present concluding observations among the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society and non-governmental organizations operating in the country, as well as the general public. The Committee also suggests that the report and the concluding observations be translated into the other official language of the State party (art. 2). 29. In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State party should provide, within one year, relevant information on its implementation of the Committee’s recommendations made in paragraphs 14, 15 and 24 above. 30. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report, due to be submitted on 28 March 2018, specific, up-to-date information on all its recommendations and on the Covenant as a whole. The Committee also requests the State party, when preparing its next periodic report, to broadly consult with civil society and nongovernmental organizations operating in the country. 8