Table of Contents PART I. ACTION PLAN Concluding Statement of the High-Level Steering Meeting on the Reduction and Prevention of Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic ............................................... 6 Agenda of the High-Level Steering Meeting on the Reduction and Prevention of Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic ........................................................................ 7 Summary Overview of the Regional Conference on Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons in Central Asia (Ashgabat, 9-10 December 2009) .................................................................................. 8 PART II. ANALYSES AND STUDIES Results of Participatory Assessments Conducted by the UNHCR Among Stateless Persons Living in the Kyrgyz Republic ......................................................... 16 Comparative Analysis of Provisions in the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and Legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic Regulating Issues of Nationality and Statelessness (by Ms. Chynara Musabekova, Candidate of Law Science, Associate Professor) .................................................................................................... 18 Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic: Prevention, Reduction and Protection. Study Undertaken under Regional Project on Development of Comprehensive Strategy on Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness in Central Asia ..................... 46 Summary Conclusions of the Expert Meeting on the Concept of Stateless Persons under International Law (Prato, Italy, 27-28 May 2010)................................................ 81 ANNEXES The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On Сitizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic (entered into force May 21, 2007) ................................................................................ 92 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (the “1954 Convention”) ..... 106 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (the “1961 Convention”) ....................116 LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................ 123