Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS Year of completion expected by the State Relevant Action of the Global Action Plan/ Thematic Focus The Government of the Republic of the Niger hereby commits to amend the law governing matters of nationality in order to guarantee the conferral of nationality at birth to children born in the Niger who would otherwise be stateless, as well as to the foundlings. 2024 2 The Government of the Republic of the Niger hereby commits to continue to support efforts to empower the refugee populations from Mali and Nigeria and with other nationalities, the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other persons in need of international protection living in its territory. This commitment involves strengthening the opportunities for social, professional and economic integration of these populations within the State, as set by the development framework by 2024. 2024 Other The Government of the Republic of the Niger hereby undertakes to maintain a protective asylum environment, particularly for persons found among mixed migratory flows at its borders. This implies strengthening reception and protection mechanisms at the borders by 2021. 2021 Other The Government of Nigeria hereby commits to establishing a Statelessness Determination Procedure to identify stateless persons, grant protection status and facilitate appropriate solutions. 2020 6 The Government of Nigeria hereby commits to introduce regulations for the registration of offspring of naturalized citizens as Nigerians. 2020 Other The Government of Nigeria hereby commits to publishing a qualitative study, with a view to finding solutions. 2021 10 The Government of Nigeria hereby commits: to scale up issuance of birth registration and national identity numbers, including to IDPs, refugees and returnees. 2024 7, 8 The Government of Nigeria hereby commits: to undertake law reforms on registration of children born on Nigerian Territory who would otherwise be stateless and children under 10 years of unknown origin; as well as equality for spouse on the acquisition, change and retention of nationality upon civil registration. 2024 2, 3, 7 2019 9 2020 7 State Pledge Nigeria North Macedonia The Republic of North Macedonia hereby commits: To ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Panama Ensure that no child is born stateless and ensure birth registration to prevent statelessness. The Electoral Tribunal, through the National Directorate of the Civil Registry and the National Identification Directorate, will continue with the development and execution of the program "timely registration of births as a mechanism to guarantee identity, nationality, and identification, thereby preventing the risk of Statelessness." It will also continue with the binational identity days, with their counterparts from the Republic of Costa Rica and the Republic of Colombia. 66 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