Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS Year of completion expected by the State Relevant Action of the Global Action Plan/ Thematic Focus 2024 10 2019 9 The Government of the Republic of Mauritania hereby commits to register all refugees with the civil registry services in order to obtain a national identification number and enable their inclusion in the national statistical systems. 2021 7 The Government of the Republic of Mauritania hereby commits to issue birth certificates to all children born in Mauritania. 2024 7 The Government of the Republic of Mauritania hereby commits to facilitate access to civil status registration and documentation services for all refugees in Mauritania. Ongoing 7 The Government of the Republic of Mauritania hereby commits to accede to the 1961 Convention within the next five years of Campaign #IBelong. 2024 9 The Government of Montenegro hereby commits to continue to implement simplified procedures for obtaining identification documents, both at the national level and through continuous cooperation with the respective countries of origin (Serbia and Kosovo*), Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Republic of Croatia), as well as to enable access to the status of foreigner with permanent residence to all refugees from former Yugoslavia still in need of support, with the aim of addressing all pending cases latest by 2023, with UNHCR's support. 2023 8 The Government of Montenegro hereby commits to continue the collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Interior aimed to maintain constant communication between the Ministry of Interior's Branch Offices and the Municipal Centres for Social Care, in order to conduct immediate birth registration of children abandoned by their mothers, or whose mothers are missing identification documents, and through that remove the main risk for statelessness. 2021 7 State Pledge The Government of Mali hereby commits to improving quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations in Mali. This commitment involves the inclusion of questions to provide clarifications about the risk of statelessness in the next general population census scheduled for 2020 and in subsequent similar exercises. This commitment includes the finalization and publication of the results of the qualitative study on statelessness in Mali, validated in May 2019. Malta The Government of the Republic of Malta hereby commits: accession to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Mauritania Montenegro * References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). 64 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