Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS Year of completion expected by the State Relevant Action of the Global Action Plan/ Thematic Focus Resolve all identified cases of statelessness through granting citizenship, updating determination mechanisms of the legal status of statelessness persons and assistance in their naturalization, as well as reforms of the birth registration system, improvement of data gathering on stateless persons as well as access to data. No year of completion indicated 1, 6, 7, 10 To achieve an eradication of the birth registration risk of children of undocumented people, as well as to overhaul the methodology on defining the status of stateless persons with consideration of covering the statelessness issue in the upcoming 2022 Population Census, through realization of the National Action Plan by state bodies with participation of international organizations and civil sector. No year of completion indicated 6, 7, 10 To update the registration of stateless persons, and thereby by undertaking a widespread registration campaign, to have a comprehensive statistical picture of the SDGs' implementation and ensure that all stateless persons have a fundamental right – right to citizenship. No year of completion indicated 10 Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Action 9 of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness). 2020 9 The Government of Uganda hereby commits by the end of 2019, to finalise and approve the National Action Plan to serve as the national strategy to eradicate statelessness in the country by 2024. 2019 Other (National Action Plan) By 2021, complete a legal study on statelessness and citizenship in order to better understand and address the factors leaving certain populations stateless or at risk of statelessness and to support comprehensive legal and constitutional reform (Action 10 of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness). 2021 10 By 2024, introduce and implement safeguard in its nationality law to grant nationality to children born on the territory who would otherwise be stateless (Action 2 of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness). 2024 2 By 2024, introduce a law reform to prevent denial or attribution of nationality at birth on discriminatory grounds. 2024 4 By 2024, ensure that the Maragoli, Benet, Ugandan-Asian and other unrecognised communities present in Uganda since before 1926 are recognised as citizens of Uganda. 2024 8 The Government of Uruguay here commits: over the remaining years of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, Uruguay commits to work with UNHCR to raise awareness and foster common understanding about statelessness, and to urge States that are yet to accede to one or both of the UN statelessness conventions to do so before the year 2024. 2024 Other (awareness raising/training, diplomacy) The Government of Uruguay hereby commits: Uruguay commits to the effective implementation of the national law on statelessness (N° 19.682), in order to ensure that all identified cases of statelessness are properly addressed. No year of completion indicated Other State Pledge Turkmenistan Uganda Uruguay 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 73

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