Chapter III. PLEDGES With regard to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, which provides specific and detailed safeguards to be implemented by States in order to prevent and reduce statelessness, our countries’ national legislation more or less conforms to it. The guarantees envisaged in the 1961 Convention notably aim: • To avoid statelessness among children by providing that States must grant nationality to children with whom they have links and who would otherwise be stateless, either because they were born in their territories (jus soli) or because they are the offspring of a parent who is a national of the State concerned (jus sanguinis); relevant provisions are found in articles 9, 10 and 11 of the Malagasy Nationality Law; • To avoid statelessness due to the loss or renunciation of nationality; relevant provisions are found in articles 42 and following of the Malagasy Nationality Law; • To avoid statelessness owing to the deprivation of nationality; relevant provisions are found in articles 50 and following of the Malagasy Nationality Law; Given the above, the Department of Justice considers that Malagasy accession to this legal instrument will be greatly facilitated and it will constitute no more than a mere formality. MALAWI PLEDGE FORM A. Pledges relating to asylum-seekers and refugees The Government of the Republic of Malawi pledges to: 1. Continue admitting and extending assistance to foreign nationals whose countries of origin cannot provide protection and have fled to and are compelled to remain in the country for reasons and circumstances recognized under national and international refugee and humanitarian law; 2. Establish mechanisms to ensure that asylum-seekers and refugees are expeditiously registered and documented by authorized officers in a humane and dignified manner. Related documents are to be completed at the entry points where preliminary interviews will be held; 93