© UNHCR / S. Jambazishvili-Yucer Naturalization ceremony in Turkmenistan. On Action 2 (Ensure that no child is born stateless), UNHCR launched a new Good Practices Paper. Only if statelessness among children is addressed will the objective of the Global Action Plan – to end all statelessness by 2024 – be fully realized. The goal of Action 2 is to ensure that by 2024 all States have provisions in law to grant nationality to (i) children born in their territory who do not acquire another nationality at birth, (ii) children of unknown origin found on their territory, and (iii) children born to their nationals abroad who do not obtain another nationality at birth. On Action 7 (Ensure birth registration for the prevention of statelessness), in February, in Senegal, a Presidential decree ordered the issuance of late birth registration free of charge. Over 20% of individuals in Senegal, including 30% of children below the age of 5, do not have a birth certificate. In Kenya, the government issued a total of 4704 birth certificates to persons of concern, of which 3978 were issued under late birth registration procedures. Implementing partners supported the mobile registration processes in Kibera, Kilifi and Kwale. With respect to Action 3 (Remove gender discrimination from nationality laws), on 25 January, the President of the Republic of Madagascar promulgated a historic amendment to the nationality code. The new law gives men and women equal rights to pass on Madagascan nationality to their children. In addition, the loss of Madagascan nationality no longer affects the concerned person’s spouse and children. With respect to Action 9 (Accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions), on 9 February, in Luxembourg, a law approving accession to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness was adopted by a large majority of the Luxembourg Parliament. Luxembourg will become party to the Convention when it deposits its instrument of accession. During the same session, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted a law that facilitates the acquisition of nationality for stateless persons and aims at preventing statelessness in relation to attribution, renunciation and deprivation of nationality. On 22 March, Haiti’s Parliament voted to have the government of Haiti accede to both Statelessness Conventions. When Haiti deposits its instruments, it will bring the total number of States Parties to the 1954 Convention to 90 and the 1961 Convention to 69. On 8 February, in Benin, the Council of Ministers approved a new Bill on the nationality code. The Bill aims at removing discriminatory provisions from the nationality legislation to make it gender equal. The review of Benin’s existing nationality legislation started in 2005; the new Bill has now reached the National Assembly, where it is yet to be approved. On Action 6 (Grant protection status to stateless migrants and facilitate their naturalization), on 9 January, Ecuador passed a new Human Mobility Law. Through this legislation stateless persons who are recognized as such will acquire temporary lawful residence status and enjoy the right to work, to health care, and to social security benefits. The Law also mandates the establishment of a statelessness determination procedure and facilitated naturalization for stateless persons. In line with Action 10 (Improve quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations) UNHCR launched, on 15 December, in Stockholm, a study Mapping Statelessness in Sweden. The mapping study highlights both positive efforts to prevent and reduce statelessness in Sweden and to protect stateless persons, as well as current gaps and challenges in these areas. The study makes concrete recommendations 4