Implementation of the Global Action Plan With respect to Action 1, Resolve existing major situations of statelessness, Kyrgyzstan became the first country to end statelessness on its territory by granting nationality to the last 50 known stateless persons during a ceremony on 4 July. In the five years since the #IBelong Campaign was launched, Kyrgyzstan resolved a total of 13,700 cases of statelessness, becoming the first country to meet the deadline of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024. prohibition of citizenship deprivation; the principle of statelessness reduction; the introduction of a citizenship confirmation procedure; and the recognition as citizens of all stateless persons permanently residing in Uzbekistan as of January 1995. Many of the 80,000 stateless persons officially registered in Uzbekistan are likely to be able to have their situation resolved once the law is enacted. Finally, with respect to Action 1, the Governments of the Philippines and Indonesia conducted a review of the remaining statelessness cases among persons of Indonesian descent. As a result, 165 persons were recently provided with certificates confirming their Indonesian citizenship. Also in line with Action 1, Uzbekistan published a new draft Law on Citizenship for public consultations on 17 May. The draft law introduces a number of provisions including an explicit stipulation of the fundamental right to a nationality; the general Kojomberdi obtained a birth certificate after his mother had her Kyrgyz citizenship confirmed. © UNHCR Kyrgyzstan 7

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