Chapter III. PLEDGES g. Harmonization of the LRA with the Alien and Nationality Laws and the Labor Laws of Liberia; h. UNHCR, in addition to its statutory function as a non-voting member of the Commission, shall also serve in an advisory capacity; i. The Vice Chairmanship of Board of Commissioners now shifts from the Ministry of Planning to the Ministry of Justice. Statelessness 2. The issue of conflict of laws with the Constitution and the Alien and Nationality Laws of Liberia with particular emphasis on article 28 of the Constitution and article 20.1 of the Alien and Nationality Laws of Liberia regarding the nationality of children born outside Liberia by either parents of Liberian descent (transmitting Nationality to Children) will be amended to reflect international best practices and as much as possible reduce statelessness. This issue of conflict could discriminate between men and women and lead to statelessness. The Government pledges that the 1973 Alien and Nationality Laws will be amended to ensure that nationality is equally transmitted by any of the parents as enshrined in the Organic Law of the land (the Constitution). The Government will do everything possible to ensure the amendments reflect the vision of the framers of the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the State. The present practice of the Alien and Nationality Laws is that only the father can transmit nationality when the child is born outside of Liberia while the Constitution states that one of the parents who is a Liberian citizen can transmit nationality. Indeed, this is a conflict and Liberia has ratified the 1954 and 1961 Conventions on Statelessness. The Kampala Convention 3. The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) is known as and styled the Kampala Convention. The Liberian Government participated in all deliberations that formulated the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons. The Liberian Government’s representatives participated in the adoption of the Convention and signed the Convention on October 22, 2009, during a Special Summit of the African Union held in Kampala, Uganda. The office of the President of Liberia has forwarded the Convention to the National Legislature for ratification. The Liberian Government pledges that the Convention will be ratified in 2012. 91