claim the kind of support services and assistance that would enable them to live independently in accordance with their own choices and as part of the community.85 Committee on the Rights of the Child The Committee urges the State party ensure the right of children to acquire the nationality of the State party from their mothers who are nationals of the State party. The Committee recommends that the State party, as a matter of urgency, regularize the situation of stateless children and ensure their right to a nationality without discrimination. The Committee further recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961, and that it make use of the expertise of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to address statelessness in the State party.86 85 CRPD, ‘Concluding Observations on The Initial Report of The United Arab Emirates’, CRPD/C/ARE/CO/1, (3 October 2026), paras. 36 and 38, available at: https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/220/95/PDF/G1622095.pdf?OpenElement. 86 CRC, ‘Concluding Observations on The Second Periodic Report of The United Arab Emirates’, CRC/C/ARE/CO/2, (30 October 2015), paras. 34 and 36, available at: https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/248/20/PDF/G1524820.pdf?OpenElement. 17