Thematic analysis of pledges Pledges relevant to accession and/or removal of reservations to the 1954 and 1961 Conventions (Action 9 of the Global Action Plan) The 1954 Convention and the 1961 Convention are key international treaties designed to prevent and reduce statelessness and ensure that stateless persons enjoy appropriate treatment. 83 States were party to the 1954 Convention and 61 States were party to the 1961 Convention at the time that the #IBelong Campaign was launched. As of January 2020, there are 94 parties to the 1954 Convention and 75 parties to the 1961 Convention. 25 States made pledges involving accession to and/or withdrawal of reservations to one or both of the Conventions. Pledges relevant to accession and/or removal of reservations to the 1954 and 1961 Conventions Total number of entities that made pledges 30 Total number of pledges made 33 Pledges made by States Number of States that made pledges Belarus, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo (Republic of), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Ghana, Mauritania, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malta, Namibia, North Macedonia, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sweden, Tajikistan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe States which made pledges 38 25 Number of pledges made by States 28 Number of pledges involving accession to one or both of the UN Statelessness Conventions 24 Number of pledges involving removal of reservations to the UN Statelessness Conventions 4 U N H C R > H I G H - L E V E L S E G M E N T O N S T A T E L E S S N E S S : R E S U LT S A N D H I G H L I G H T S