Implementation of the Global Action Plan In line with Action 1, Resolve existing major situations of statelessness, on 30 September, the Ministry of Interior of Thailand issued a revised guideline to accelerate the registration of all nonThai students in the national civil registration system. This development will benefit over 60,000 undocumented students who will be able to lodge a nationality application based on their eligibility under the nationality law. UNHCR and its partner ADRA organized a school sensitization campaign to raise awareness amongst students concerning the importance of lodging an application. Service points have been set up in several schools and communities to assist stateless persons in preparing and submitting their nationality and civil registration related applications. With regard to Action 2, Ensure that no child is born stateless, on 17 October, the Latvian Parliament passed a landmark law that provides for the automatic grant of citizenship to children born to “non-citizens” of Latvia after 1 January 2020. The new law is a significant development towards ensuring that children are not born without a nationality. Also in line with Action 2, on 4 October the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Côte d’Ivoire issued a circular authorizing judges across the country to grant nationality to stateless foundlings. A school sensitization campaign by the NGO ADRA in Thailand to raise awareness amongst students about the importance of lodging a nationality application. © UNHCR 8