Commissioner for Refugees, 9 February 1996 http://www.unhcr.org/42bc05372.html The General Assembly, […] 15. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, in view of the limited number of States party to these instruments, actively to promote accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the reduction of statelessness, as well as to provide relevant technical and advisory services pertaining to the preparation and implementation of nationality legislation to interested States; • General Assembly Resolution 49/169. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 24 February 1995 http://www.unhcr.org/42bc095a2.html The General Assembly, […] 20. Calls upon States to assist the High Commissioner to fulfill her responsibilities, under General Assembly resolution 3274 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974, with respect to the reduction of statelessness, including the promotion of accessions to and full implementation of international instruments relating to statelessness; 3