Chapter III. PLEDGES • As a State Party to both the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, Romania reaffirms their importance for the protection of stateless persons and will continue to actively support UNHCR’s efforts in promoting wide accession to these legal instruments. • As part of its commitment to uphold international law and advance the highest human rights standards, Romania will continue to work against discrimination, racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, including with regard to refugees, asylum-seekers or other vulnerable categories. • Romania commends the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and expresses its commitment to continue to work in partnership with UNHCR for the fulfillment of its mandate. In this regard, Romania pledges to continue to financially support the work of UNHCR, primarily with un-earmarked contributions. RUSSIAN FEDERATION (THE) PLEDGE FORM The Government of the Russian Federation pledges to: • Improve national refugee legislation as well as applicable status determination procedures for asylum-seekers in the Russian Federation. • Develop a network of temporary accommodation centers for asylum-seekers and improve their conditions of stay in these centers. • Improve the mechanism for the documentation of asylum-seekers in the Russian Federation as well as for stateless persons. • Introduce additional simplifications in the procedure for acquiring citizenship of the Russian Federation or residency permits for certain categories of stateless persons. RWANDA PLEDGE FORM The Government of Rwanda, Reaffirming its commitment to the internationally recognized principle of non-refoulement and access of all refugees to asylum procedures, 109