The 10 Actions to
end statelessness are:
Action
• Action 1: Resolve existing major
situations of statelessness.
1
• Action 2: Ensure that no child is born stateless.
2
• Action 3: Remove gender discrimination
from nationality laws.
3
4
• Action 5: Prevent statelessness in
cases of State succession.
5
• Action 7: Ensure birth registration for
the prevention of statelessness.
• Action 8: Issue nationality documentation
to those with entitlement to it.
Key SDGs and Targets
Reduction
SDG 10, Target 10.3 and SDG 16, Target 16.b
Prevention/ Reduction
Prevention/ Reduction
• Action 4: Prevent denial, loss or deprivation
of nationality on discriminatory grounds.
• Action 6: Grant protection status to stateless
migrants and facilitate their naturalization.
Statelessness Mandate
SDG 5, Target 5.1; SDG 10, Target 10.c
and SDG 16, Target 16.b
Prevention
SDG 10, Target 10.3 and SDG 16, Target 16.b
Prevention
Protection/ Identification
6
SDG 10, Target 10.c and SDG 16,
Targets 16.9 and 16.b
Prevention
7
SDG 10, Target 10.c and SDG 16,
Targets 16.9 and 16.b
Prevention
8
SDG 10, Target 10.c and SDG 16,
Targets 16.9 and 16.b
• Action 9: Accede to the UN
Statelessness Conventions.
9
Protection/ Prevention/ Reduction
• Action 10: Improve quantitative and
qualitative data on stateless populations.
10
Identification
SDG 17, Target 17.18
The table shows how the key SDGs identified above
are linked to particular Actions of the Global Action
Plan and to each of the 4 elements of UNHCR’s
statelessness mandate.
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND ADDRESSING STATELESSNESS
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