Inter-Parliamentary Union Statement on Parliamentary Action in Support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Refugee Protection, Noted by the IPU Governing Council at its 188th session (Panama, 20 April 2011) http://www.ipu.org/cnl-e/188/UNHCR-statement.htm • […] we reaffirm that the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons are the principal international instruments for addressing statelessness. We encourage all States that have not yet done so to accede to or ratify these instruments and lift any reservations lodged at the time of accession. Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) • Resolution on the Half-Day Special Meeting on "Legal Identity and Statelessness", 8 April 2006 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=44eaddc54 The Asian African Legal Consultative Organization at its Forty-Fifth Session, […] 6. Invites Member States to consider the possibility of acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness to address the plight of stateless persons in an effective way; International Conference on the Great Lakes Region • Dar es-Salaam Declaration on Peace, Security and development in the Great Lakes region, November 2004 http://www.icglr.org/common/docs/docs_repository/declarationdar-es-salaam.pdf 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of Member countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, meeting in Dar Es-Salaam, on 19 and 20 November 2004, under the auspices of the United Nations and the African Union; […] 68. Adopt a common regional approach for the ratification and implementation of the UN Conventions on Statelessness, harmonize related national laws and standards, and provide refugees and displaced persons with identification documents enabling them to have access to basic services and exercise their rights; Organization of American States • Resolution of the General Assembly, AG/RES. 2787 (XLIII-O/13), Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless 10