Implementation of the Global Action Plan
With respect to Action 1, Resolve existing major
situations of statelessness, Kyrgyzstan became the
first country to end statelessness on its territory by
granting nationality to the last 50 known stateless
persons during a ceremony on 4 July. In the five
years since the #IBelong Campaign was launched,
Kyrgyzstan resolved a total of 13,700 cases of
statelessness, becoming the first country to meet
the deadline of the #IBelong Campaign to End
Statelessness by 2024.
prohibition of citizenship deprivation; the principle
of statelessness reduction; the introduction of
a citizenship confirmation procedure; and the
recognition as citizens of all stateless persons
permanently residing in Uzbekistan as of January
1995. Many of the 80,000 stateless persons officially
registered in Uzbekistan are likely to be able to have
their situation resolved once the law is enacted.
Finally, with respect to Action 1, the Governments of
the Philippines and Indonesia conducted a review of
the remaining statelessness cases among persons
of Indonesian descent. As a result, 165 persons were
recently provided with certificates confirming their
Indonesian citizenship.
Also in line with Action 1, Uzbekistan published a
new draft Law on Citizenship for public consultations
on 17 May. The draft law introduces a number of
provisions including an explicit stipulation of the
fundamental right to a nationality; the general
Kojomberdi obtained a birth certificate after his mother had her Kyrgyz citizenship confirmed. © UNHCR Kyrgyzstan
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