Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ vii
A Brief History of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons ........ vii
Background ...................................................................................................................... vii
Drafting the Convention................................................................................................. viii
Defining Statelessness ..................................................................................................... ix
The Role of the Travaux Préparatoires ............................................................................ xi
Outline ............................................................................................................................... xiii
Editing Note ....................................................................................................................... xiii
Part I: The Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons ................. 1
Part II: Preparatory Work to the 1954 Conference of Plenipotentiaries ...............................21
6 August 1954 Memorandum by the Secretary-General ....................................................21
Government Comments .......................................................................................................52
E/2373 Belgium ................................................................................................................52
E/2373/Add.1: Dominican Republic..................................................................................53
E/2373/Add.2: Finland ......................................................................................................54
E/2373/Add.3: Japan ........................................................................................................55
E/2373/Add.4: France .......................................................................................................58
E/2373/Add.5: United States of America .........................................................................60
E/2373/Add.6: Sweden ......................................................................................................62
E/2373/Add.7: F.P.R. of Yugoslavia..................................................................................64
E/2373/Add.8: Iran ...........................................................................................................65
E/2373/Add.9: Union of South Africa ...............................................................................66
E/2373/Add.10: Pakistan ..................................................................................................67
E/2373/Add.11: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ......................68
E/2373/Add.12: Switzerland .............................................................................................70
Note by the Secretary General ............................................................................................72
Part III: Summary Records and Proposals for Inclusion........................................................76
Summary Records ................................................................................................................76
First Meeting, 13 September 1954 ...................................................................................76
Second Meeting, 14 September 1954 ...............................................................................83
Third Meeting, 14 September 1954..................................................................................93
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