EMPHASIZING the tradition in the countries of the Americas to prevent and reduce statelessness by granting nationality through the combined application of the principles of ius soli, for children born in their territories, and of ius sanguinis, for those born in other countries; RECOGNIZING that some countries of the region have recently introduced legislative amendments or practices to determine the status of, or to provide protection to, stateless persons; EMPHASIZING the importance of the right of all persons to nationality in the Americas, recognized in Article XIX of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and in Article 20 of the American Convention on Human Rights, as well as the relevance of promoting accession to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; UNDERSCORING the importance of the Inter-American Program for Universal Civil Registry and the Right to Identity, given that recognition of the identity of persons is one of the means through which observance of the rights to recognition as a person before the law, a name, a nationality, civil registration, and family relationships is facilitated, among other rights recognized in international and inter-American instruments; STRESSING the positive contribution of the member states in the process of adoption of Conclusion No. 111 (LXIV) on civil registration by the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which notes that the lack of civil registration and related documentation makes persons vulnerable to statelessness and associated protection risks, and that birth registration without discrimination of any kind is essential to the reduction and prevention of statelessness; RECOGNIZING the usefulness of employing the UNHCR Guidelines on Statelessness in interpreting and enforcing the applicable international provisions, and noting with satisfaction the recent publication of the UNHCR Handbook on Protection of Stateless People; RECOGNIZING ALSO the organization of the Second Latin American Course on Statelessness, held in Costa Rica on April 29 and 30, 2013, and attended by officials from governments and the UNHCR, and the inclusion of a module on statelessness in the 40th Course on International Law organized by the Inter-American Juridical Committee with the support of the Department of International Law of the OAS Secretariat for Legal Affairs and held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 5 to 23, 2013; and EXPRESSING its appreciation to UNHCR for its work in the region to support member states in their efforts to prevent and reduce statelessness and to protect stateless persons, and for the technical and financial assistance provided, RESOLVES: 1. To invite member states to use the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees and the 60th anniversary of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons to identify the challenges and the actions necessary to eradicate statelessness from the Americas, and to include a chapter on the subject in the future regional strategic framework arising from the commemorative process. 2. To emphasize the importance of the international instruments for the protection of stateless persons and for the prevention and reduction of statelessness, and to invite those member states that have no yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the international instruments on