SOLVING STATELESSNESS statelessness) and 8 (Issue nationality documentation to those with an entitlement to it) of the GAP are relevant to SDG 16, Target 16.9, as each of these Actions relates to the provision of a form of legal identity. GAP Action Statelessness Mandate Key SDGs and Targets 1. Resolve existing major situations of statelessness Reduction SDG 10, Target 10.3; SDG 16, Targets 16.9 and 16.b 2. Ensure that no child is born stateless Prevention/ Reduction 3. Remove gender discrimination Prevention/ Reduction from nationality laws SDG 5, Target 5.1; SDG 10, Target 10.3; SDG 16, Target 16.b 4. Prevent denial, loss or deprivation of nationality on discriminatory grounds Prevention 6. Grant protection status to stateless migrants and facilitate their naturalisation Identification/ Protection/ Reduction SDG 10, Target 10.3; SDG 16, Targets 16.9 and 16.b Prevention SDG 10, Target 10.c; SDG 16, Targets 16.9 and 16.b 5. Prevent statelessness in cases of State succession Prevention 7. Ensure birth registration for the prevention of statelessness Prevention 8. Issue nationality documentation to those with entitlement to it 9. Accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions 10. Improve quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations Protection/ Prevention/ Reduction/ Identification SDG 10, Target 10.3; SDG 16, Target 16.b SDG 10, Target 10.c; SDG 16, Targets 16.9 and 16.b Identification 4. Implementation of the SDGs relevant to statelessness and limits to effective implementation Implementation of the SDGs will largely be shaped by the nature of the yardsticks used to measure progress in achieving each goal. To ensure tangible progress and to avoid the allegation that “development promotes aspiration, not obligation”, the 2030 Agenda framework includes a set of 230 global indicators (Global Indicators) developed by IAEG–SDGs to assist in the measurement of the SDG Targets. The Global Indicators were considered at the forty-seventh session of the Statistical Commission, which convened from 8 – 11 March 2016 in New York. The Commission agreed to the IAEG-SDGs’ proposed Global Indicator framework as a practical starting point, subject to future 63