Chapter III. PLEDGES to grant them asylum, protection and the rights enshrined in Guinean law as well as in international legal instruments. Despite the situation, the Government of Guinea through my statement today firmly and solemnly pledges to: 1. Ensure that the future National Assembly adopts as a matter of priority the law on refugee status and asylum. 2. Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness as well as to the Kampala Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons. The Government of Guinea will pay particular attention to statelessness, and will specifically ensure the elimination and the prevention of any and all forms of discrimination in administrative and judicial practices and procedures that are liable to lead to statelessness or to the risk of statelessness in my country. GUINEA-BISSAU PLEDGE FORM Pledges relating to asylum-seekers and refugees The Government of Guinea-Bissau pledges to: 1. Grant residence permits free of charge to refugees who have opted for local integration after the cessation clause has been invoked. 2. Facilitate, to the extent possible, rural refugees’ access to land for farming. 3. Favourably consider applications for naturalization by refugees and submit them to the competent Government departments. 4. Provide facilities to enable asylum-seekers to apply free of charge to the executive secretariat for a certificate authorising temporary stay. Pledges relating to statelessness The Government of Guinea-Bissau pledges to: Continue to work towards ratification with a view to formalizing accession to the legal instruments concerning stateless persons: the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 79