List of Acronyms UN United Nations UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees NGO Non-governmental organization USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics CIS Commonwealth of Independent States ID Identity document ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child SCME State Committee on Migration and Employment SGBV Sexual and gender based violence UPVK MVD Department of Passport and Visa Control of the Ministry of Interior Small Changes ‫ ـ‬Big Gains: An Action Plan to Prevent and Reduce Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic 123