ANNEX IV - EXCERPTS FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 1994 A/RES/49/169, 24 February 1995 49/169, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The General Assembly, … 20. Calls upon States to assist the High Commissioner to fulfil her responsibilities, under General Assembly resolution 3274 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974, with respect to the reduction of statelessness, including the promotion of accessions to and full implementation of international instruments relating to statelessness; Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1995 A/RES/50/152, 9 February 1996 50/152, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The General Assembly, ... Concerned that statelessness, including the inability to establish one’s nationality, may result in displacement, and stressing, in this regard, that the prevention and reduction of statelessness and the protection of stateless persons are important also in the prevention of potential refugee situations, ... 14. Encourages the High Commissioner to continue her activities on behalf of stateless persons, as part of her statutory function of providing international protection and of seeking preventive action, as well as her responsibilities under General Assembly resolutions 3274 (XXIV) of 10 December 1974 and 31/36 of 30 November 1976; 15. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, in view of the limited number of States party to these instruments, actively to promote accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons1 and the 1961 Convention on the reduction of statelessness,2 as well as to provide relevant technical and advisory services pertaining to the preparation and implementation of nationality legislation to interested States; … 88 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol.360, No.5158. 2 Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.