KEY FACTS AND FIGURES KEY FACTS AND FIGURES Key facts and figures Since the UNHCR Ministerial Meeting in 2011, the total number of states parties to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons has increased from 83 to 89 and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness from 61 to 70. Statelessness affects millions of people around the world and at least 500,000 in Europe alone. 2,200 65 500,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe Serbia 145 Parties to the 1954 and the 1961 Conventions 618 Montenegro Kosovo* Parties to the 1954 Conventions only 585 5,000 people in the South Eastern Europe region UNHCR estimates that up to 5,000 people residing in the SEE region are stateless or at risk of statelessness: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1,031 Albania States that have not yet acceded to the 1954 or the 1961 Conventions 2016 I nationality for 60,800 people in 31 countries Globally, in the last two years, more than 100,000 formerly stateless persons have had nationality granted or confirmed. Among them, some 60,800 stateless people in 31 countries acquired nationality in 2016. *All References to Kosovo in this document shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). 8 • ENDING STATELESSNESS IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE ENDING STATELESSNESS IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE • 9