Leaving No One Behind: Statelessness and the Sustainable Development Goals ! L) Extracts from United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks Thailand UN Focus Areas: Provide an enabling, rights-based, inclusive environment to address inequalities, support equal opportunities and reduce poverty.220 The UN will continue to engage with the Government and provide mechanisms for international cooperation across a range of development and humanitarian issues, including those related to stateless persons, displaced persons and refugees. For example, the National Screening Mechanism will serve to identify those in need of international protection, while the UN will continue to support the Government through technical advice, capacity-building, and participating and contributing to the work of the Steering Committee and relevant sub-committees. This will contribute to the inclusion of and those with international protection needs, contributing to access to education, livelihood opportunities and social protection of those vulnerable populations including stateless persons. The UN will also support the Government in its efforts to strengthen the law, policy and practices related to birth registration, civil registration and nationality procedures to prevent and reduce statelessness in the country and ensure access to legal identity. Further, the UN will support the Government’s efforts to strengthen access to education, livelihoods and social protection for stateless persons (SDGs 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 16).221 Laos Derived from the commitment made in 2015 by Member States to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, “Leave No One Behind” (LNOB) is a key UN programming principle grounded in normative standards and human rights. To identify vulnerable and marginalised groups, the CCA used a five-factor framework considering: vulnerability to shocks, governance, socio-economic status, geography, and discrimination. Through this analysis, the CCA identified eleven vulnerable and marginalised groups which specific programming must appropriately consider, to ensure that no one is left behind. Those with intersecting deprivations compounded across multiple dimensions are even more at risk.222 Laos has many people without documentation to prove their nationality. One third of children under five do not have a birth registration and, only one in ten mothers know how to register births with authorities. Undocumented children, many from upland ethnic groups, will face difficulties in accessing social services or proving their legitimacy if something happens to their families, such as during a disaster.223 220 Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) Thailand 2022–2026, 28 December 2021, p. 19, https://thailand.un.org/en/166885united-nations-sustainable-development-cooperation-framework-unsdcf-2022%E2%80%932026. 221. Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) Thailand 2022–2026, 28 December 2021, p. 20, https://thailand.un.org/en/166885united-nations-sustainable-development-cooperation-framework-unsdcf-2022%E2%80%932026. 222 United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) Lao PDR 2022–2026, 2 December 2021, p. 4, https://laopdr.un.org/ en/174699-lao-pdr-united-nations-sustainable-development-cooperation-framework-2022-2026. 223. United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) Lao PDR 2022–2026, 2 December 2021, p. 5, https://laopdr.un.org/ en/174699-lao-pdr-united-nations-sustainable-development-cooperation-framework-2022-2026. 56