Background • Malaysia – statelessness following historical migration and independence from colonial rule Multiple registration campaigns conducted jointly by a local grassroots organization and the Government of Malaysia led to a gradual resolution of statelessness among persons of Indian origin. ACQUISITION OF NATIONALITY THROUGH NATURALIZATION 6 • Russian Federation – statelessness following State succession Implementation of legal and administrative reforms has facilitated the naturalization of hundreds of thousands of stateless former Soviet citizens. • Turkmenistan – statelessness following State succession A Government-led registration campaign verified the nationality status of undocumented former Soviet citizens living in the country. This has paved the way for the naturalization of those who are stateless, with gradual processing of their cases and grant of nationality by decree. • Viet Nam – statelessness among former refugees and among women married to foreigners Reform of the nationality law and implementation of an action plan involving national and local authorities allowed for the naturalization of former refugees from Cambodia who had become stateless. Reforms to the nationality law also addressed the situation of women who became stateless following marriage to a foreign national. • Kenya – statelessness following historical migration and independence from colonial rule Constitutional and legislative reform led to the gradual resolution of statelessness among members of the Makonde tribe. U N H C R > G P P A C T I O N 1 : R E S O LV I N G E X I S T I N G M A J O R S I T U AT I O N S O F S TAT E L E S S N E S S