Representatives from ESCAP, UNICEF, the Government of Kazakhstan and UNHCR during the regional meeting on “The Right to Legal Identity and Prevention of Statelessness in Central Asia” ©S. Gurzhin On 7-8 June, the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan and UNHCR convened a regional meeting with Government and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on “The Right to Legal Identity and Prevention of Statelessness in Central Asia.” States reaffirmed their partnership with UNHCR, UNICEF and ESCAP to ensure birth registration for the prevention of childhood statelessness. Government representatives expressed their intention to participate in the 2019 High Level Event and to share achievements and, insofar as possible, present pledges to help end statelessness by 2024. On 10 April, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, UNHCR and UNICEF co-hosted the Indian Ocean Islands Roundtable on the Prevention of Statelessness. The roundtable, which included the participation of Government focal points from the Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius, focused on the Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality, the 2019 High Level Event, and the draft African Union Protocol on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness. During the roundtable, participants agreed to enhance regional cooperation related to statelessness and UNHCR encouraged early consideration of pledges that States could make at the 2019 High Level Event. 2