I N T E R N AT I O N A L C A L L S F O R ACC E SS I O N UNCHR /G. CONSTANTINE UN General Assembly: Welcomes pledges by States to accede to the statelessness conventions, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, as well as pledges to remove reservations to them, also welcomes the recent increase in the number of accessions to the two Conventions [...] • General Assembly Resolution 67/149, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 20 December 2012 UN Human Rights Council: Acknowledges that 2011 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and encourages States that have not acceded to the Convention and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons to consider doing so. • Human Rights Council Resolution 13/02, Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality, 24 March 2010 UNHCR Executive Committee: Encourages States to give consideration to acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and, in regard to States Parties, to consider lifting reservations. • Conclusion No. 106 (LVII) – 2006 Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization: Invites Member States to consider the possibility of acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness to address the plight of stateless persons in an effective way. • Resolution on the Half-Day Special Meeting on “Legal Identity and Statelessness”, 8 April 2006 General Assembly of the Organization of American States: Resolves 1. To invite those member states that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to, as the case may be, the international instruments in the area of stateless persons, and to promote the adoption of procedures and institutional mechanisms for their application, in accordance with those instruments. 2. To emphasize the importance of the international instruments for the protection of stateless persons and for the prevention and reduction of statelessness, and to urge member states to follow up on the specific commitments entered into during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, with technical support from the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). • Resolution of the General Assembly, AG/RES. 2787 (XLIII-O/13), Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons in the Americas, 5 June 2013 Preventing and R e d u c i n g S t a t e l e ss n e ss 11