is the gap in practical recommendations for non-States Parties to the 1951 and 1954 Conventions in issuing machine readable travel documents to refugees and stateless persons which was explored at an Experts Roundtable in 2024. It should also be noted that the current report mainly focuses on two aspects: a) if the country is issuing a travel document and which type, and b) if the the travel document is machine readable. In addition to these criteria, there are other compliance areas that could be explored once these key points on access and machine readability are in place. In particular, the Schedule of the 1951 and 1954 Conventions also outlines obligations on price and recognition of CTDs issued by other States that would be interesting to explore in future stocktaking reports. Ultimately, a travel document is an enabling tool which can link refugees and stateless persons to opportunities and solutions, yet currently 17 million refugees live in countries without access to a machine readable travel document. In order to progress, States, along with UNHCR, ICAO, development actors and the private sector, must fund and support the inclusion of refugees and stateless persons into national systems, including their architecture into identity and document issuance frameworks. Providing this access aligns with UNHCR’s Global Compact on Refugees to expand third-country solutions and ICAO’s Doha Declaration on MRCTDs. NOTE: To complement the report, two annexes are attached. The first outlines significant global and regional developments that have occurred since the last stocktaking update was issued in 2019. The second annex provides an accounting broken down by States which outlines their issuance type as well as if they are States parties to the 1951, 1954, or ICAO Conventions. By providing this information, we hope to continue the momentum towards future positive developments, provide transparency in the data used to populate the report and work together with States and actors to make any needed improvements. 7