VI. Advocacy and partnerships Wherever statelessness is linked to migration as a cause or a consequence, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) may be a potential partner. In 2014, delegates at the International Conference on Migration and Statelessness, co-organized by UNHCR, IOM and the Government of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat, emphasized the need to undertake targeted actions, including legal reforms and greater regional co-operation, to tackle pressing challenges in the areas of migration and statelessness in Central Asia.126 Prevention of and assistance to victims of trafficking and smuggling as well as return of stateless migrants are other areas where statelessness may be addressed along with IOM. Engaging with UN agencies in the area of statelessness and nationality may also be enhanced through the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group, which brings together a number of UN actors at Headquarters level.127 The Resource Group has already provided UN system-wide guidance on constitution-making128, which can include advice on rules of acquisition and loss of nationality, and serves as a means of sharing information and good practices. Good practice: On-going efforts in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – collaborating with civil society actors to reach out to affected populations The Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia acknowledged that a number of persons who remained in the country after the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia lacked citizenship. Between March 2004 and December 2012, after the Law on Citizenship was amended to include the transitional provision for facilitated access to naturalization, a total of 5,056 long-term habitual residents were naturalized. Despite these efforts, many Roma are still trapped in a cycle in which one generation’s lack of documentation creates obstacles for the registration of the next. In 2011, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of the Interior, in co-operation with the Directorate for Keeping the Personal Identification Registry within the Ministry of Justice, began using 84