Chapter III. PLEDGES will implement the provisions of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Pledge No. 2 – Enhanced refugee integration Within the framework of the 2004 Mexico Action Plan and the 2010 Brasilia Declaration, the Brazilian Government will continue its efforts to ensure the local integration of the refugees living in its territory. Pledge No. 3 – Solidarity Resettlement Program Brazil will continue offering its territory for the resettlement of refugees, especially to those coming from Latin America, always in very close action and collaboration with UNHCR and Brazilian civil society. BULGARIA EXCERPTS FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT Preliminary work for the accession of Bulgaria to the 1954 United Nations Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and 1961 United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness has been completed, including proposals for changing the legal framework guaranteeing the implementation of our commitments under the Conventions. Bulgaria is not seriously affected by refugee problems. Nevertheless, we are committed to implement an effective national refugee integration policy by further improving some internal procedures and developing a National Programme for Integration of Refugees. Bulgaria is fully committed to the development of the Common European Asylum System, an important component of which is resettlement. It is also a significant international protection tool and a durable solution for refugees as well as an important way to show solidarity with third countries. In this context, we are developing a pilot programme for resettlement of a number of persons in Bulgaria, recognized as refugees in third countries under the UNHCR mandate and in need of this form of protection. The programme is due to begin in 2013. Furthermore, guided by the understanding of the burden-sharing solidarity with countries suffering an excessive influx of asylum-seekers, Bulgaria has joined the second phase of the EUREMA project by sending a proposal to relocate four persons recognized as refugees in Malta. We firmly believe that finding durable solutions for vulnerable groups of refugees - unaccompanied minors, young mothers and victims of trafficking - should remain as an important element of the cooperation between the Bulgarian government and the NGOs. 57

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