Year of Action, a series of webinars, seminars and other events will be organized. The year was kicked off on 18 March with a webinar launching the World’s Stateless 2020: Deprivation of Nationality and on 19 March with a webinar on the Principles on Deprivation of Nationality as a National Security Measure. shop resulted in a set of action points to involve local churches, national denominations and the Council for World Mission in efforts to prevent statelessness. The action points include conducting educational activities to help ensure that all children in the respective congregations possess or acquire birth certificates. From 24 to 26 February, in Pyi Taw, Myanmar, the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Union Assembly of Myanmar organized a seminar on the role of Parliament in the peacebuilding process, bringing together 80 Members of Parliament (MPs) from different political backgrounds. The event included a session on access to citizenship and the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies, which featured presentations from Thai and Filipino former MPs about their experiences in addressing statelessness in their respective countries. On 26 February, in Turkestan, Kazakhstan, the NGO Sana Sezim conducted a roundtable on legal assistance to stateless persons in South Kazakhstan for representatives of State agencies. The roundtable aimed at raising awareness about statelessness issues and recent legislative developments pertaining to civil registration. It also encouraged enhanced cooperation among State agencies responsible for civil registration and documentation procedures. As outcomes of the meeting, participants 1) developed a referral mechanism for people with undetermined nationality in the Turkestan region and 2) elaborated recommendations on statelessness reduction and resolution of complex cases. On 6 March, in the Philippines, UNHCR met with the Department of Justice, the Chair of the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Welfare of Children, and lawmakers who previously proposed a bill to prevent statelessness among foundlings. The meeting resulted in an agreement that the bill will be submitted for review and deliberation upon the expected resumption of the Congressional session in May 2020. In December and January, in Rome, Italy, UNHCR conducted a comprehensive training on statelessness for students of the Roma Tre University. The training, delivered jointly by UNHCR and NGO representatives working with stateless persons, covered international standards as well as practical case studies. The training is part of broader collaboration between UNHCR and the Roma Tre University with the goal of establishing a statelessness legal clinic in 2020. On 12 and 13 March, in Fiji, a regional workshop on statelessness coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission was convened and attended by over 40 members of church groups from ten Pacific countries. The work- 3