108 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (THE) PLEDGE FORM The Government of the Republic of Moldova pledges to: 1. Accede to the two United Nations conventions on statelessness (the 1954 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness). 2. Amend its domestic legislation in order to establish a statelessness determination procedure. 3. Map and gather information on stateless persons in Moldova with a view to finding a solution for their predicament. 4. Continue to ensure observance of the principle of non-refoulement for asylum-seekers and refugees. 5. Elaborate the legislation on integration of foreigners. This law will cover the integration of all foreigners, including refugees and beneficiaries of humanitarian protection. 6. Improve the quality of the refugee status determination procedure. ROMANIA PLEDGE FORM Pledges by the Government of Romania: • Romania reinforces its commitment to ensure durable solutions for persons in need of international protection. Romania will continue its efforts to make use of resettlement and to improve its integration programmes. Romania will consider the adoption of a bill to approve a new national resettlement programme. • Romania remains committed to the concept of emergency transit operations for refugees. In this regard Romania pledges to continue to manage, together with UNHCR and IOM, the first Emergency Transit Centre in the world and to build upon the experiences gained so far. • Romania will further work towards improving the quality of the asylum procedure by, inter alia, implementing the UNHCR-EU Quality Initiative project, as well as by promoting its results at international level. • Romania will strive for better reception conditions of asylumseekers and for further defining and implementing its asylum policies, taking into consideration the situation of vulnerable groups.