98 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons MOZAMBIQUE EXCERPT FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT Mozambique is in the advanced stages of acceding to the conventions related to statelessness, whose principles and practice are already enshrined in our law. NAMIBIA PLEDGE FORM Pledge 1 The Government of the Republic of Namibia pledges to carry out awareness campaigns on statelessness and to educate the government machinery and the general public on matters of statelessness. Namibia will further improve birth registration from the current percentage of 67 per cent taking cognizance of the fact that poor birth registration could contribute to statelessness. The Government of the Republic of Namibia further pledges to increase registration points in the country, by opening more registration centres in the regions, cities and towns to enable all migrants entering the country to be registered in order to determine their origins. Namibia is not yet ready to accede to the two Conventions on statelessness. Pledge 2 With regard to Article 26 of 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Government of the Republic of Namibia is not yet in position to remove that reservation. NETHERLANDS (THE) PLEDGE FORM The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is pleased to present its voluntary pledges on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.