66 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons that at the local level, Croatia will facilitate access to civil registration and documentation with the final aim to reduce number of stateless persons and particular attention in this process will be given to the Roma. In this vein, we plan to strengthen relevant municipal services, in particular that of civil registration and social welfare centers to identify and address registration and documentation issues. Croatia plans to further enhance cooperation at the regional level particularly to encourage the reciprocal recognition of documents, conduct awareness raising activities amongst potential target groups and stakeholders and cooperate with other countries in the region with a view to establishing adequate, accelerated and facilitated procedures to assist civil documentation and registration. In this context, cooperation and exchange of information among stakeholders, including responsible authorities and civil society representatives, shall be ensured. With a view to ensuring sustainable return of refugees and displaced persons, Croatia will actively and decisively further implement the Housing Programme for the Returnees-Former Tenancy Rights Holders. An important step in this context is also the extension of the deadline for submission of applications in relation to housing requests outside the areas of special state concern (war-affected areas). At the regional level, we will, together with our regional and international partners, undertake, on the basis of the successful outcome of the international Donor Conference in April 2012, the activities aimed at the implementation of the Regional Programme on Durable Solutions for Refugees and Displaced Persons agreed upon by four countries of the region - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. In this vein, we will continue working towards the closure of the situation of refugees and displaced persons in South East Europe and finding durable solutions for the remaining vulnerable refugees and displaced persons in need. CYPRUS EXCERPTS FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT Cyprus reiterates its commitment to work towards the completion of the Common European Asylum System based on high protection standards combined with fair and effective procedures, a goal which is high on the agenda of the forthcoming Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU during the second half of 2012. We remain committed to the granting of international protection to persons in accordance with the fundamental principles and values that govern this protection. We reaffirm our commitment to continue improving the