Three States adopted new National Action Plans to End Statelessness. On 10 September, Niger adopted a National Action Plan against Statelessness. On 21 November, a National Action Plan was validated in Madagascar during a workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice. Representatives of the Parliament, the Senate, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, and National Education, as well as the National Commission for Human Rights participated in the event. On 22 November, the Central African Republic adopted its National Action Plan to End Statelessness. From 8 to 10 November, UNHCR convened a ‘Dialogue with Parliamentarians on Nationality and Statelessness in Zimbabwe’ with the Parliament of Zimbabwe. The workshop was attended by the Deputy President of the Senate, Chairpersons and 55 Members of Parliament from different portfolio committees. Participants discussed the significance of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness with a view to accession. Participants also developed a draft joint action plan to ensure Zimbabwe’s legal, policy and administrative frameworks are in line with international instruments and safeguards on the prevention and eradication of statelessness. From 21 to 25 October, the Ministry of Home Affairs of Eswatini convened meetings in all four regions to sensitize traditional leaders and chiefs about the importance of reforming the Constitution and uphold citizens’ rights to transmit their nationality to their children. The meetings were organized in the context of the recent adoption of the National Action Plan to End Statelessness by the Government of Eswatini. From 9 to 12 December, the UNHCR-UNICEF Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality, in partnership with the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion and Lawyers for Human Rights, organized a training on childhood statelessness in Pretoria, South Africa. The training gathered government and NGO representatives from countries across southern Africa. Participants of the Dialogue with Parliamentarians on Nationality and Statelessness in Zimbabwe, organized by UNHCR. © UNHCR 7