36 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons Theme of the Pledge Studies / awareness campaigns States/Groups of States/Organizations making a pledge Example of pledges Africa: Benin, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda and Zambia Asia and the Pacific: Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines Europe: Azerbaijan, Croatia and the Republic of Moldova The Republic of Moldova: “The Government of Moldova pledges to map and gather information on stateless persons in Moldova with a view to finding a solution for their predicament.” Addressing statelessness Africa: South Africa through foreign policy America: The United States initiatives of America Europe: Hungary and Sweden The United States of America: “Focus U.S. diplomacy on preventing and resolving statelessness among women and children, including efforts to raise global awareness about discrimination against women in nationality laws and to mobilize governments to repeal nationality laws that discriminate against women.” General pledges on respect for international principles and action on statelessness African Union: "The African Union Commission therefore pledges to work with UNHCR to raise awareness and foster common understanding about statelessness, and to urge the remaining African states that are yet to sign and or ratify the Convention to do so at the earliest opportunity. In this regard, the Africa Union Commission will bring the issue of statelessness and the determination of nationality to the attention of the AU member states, with a view to adopting a common position on the two issues as well as adopt continental guidelines on elements for the determination of nationality." Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria Americas: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mexico and Panama Asia and the Pacific: Kyrgyzstan Europe: Belarus, Croatia, Denmark, France, Liechtenstein, Montenegro and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland International organization: African Union