Executive Committee Conclusions • Conclusion No. 106 (LVII) on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons, Executive Committee Conclusions, 6 October 2006 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/print?tbl=EXCOM&id=453497302 The Executive Committee, […] (n) Encourages States to give consideration to acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and, in regard to States Parties, to consider lifting reservations; (u) Encourages States which are not yet Parties to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons to treat stateless persons lawfully residing on their territory in accordance with international human rights law; and to consider, as appropriate, facilitating the naturalization of habitually and lawfully residing stateless persons in accordance with national legislation; • Conclusion No. 102 (LVI) – 2005 http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/43575ce3e.html The Executive Committee, […] (y) Welcomes the accession of Senegal to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; acknowledges UNHCR's role, where applicable, in providing technical and operational support and advisory services to States with the aim of addressing the problem of statelessness and in furthering the protection of stateless persons, where necessary; and calls on States, in cooperation with UNHCR and other relevant actors to address the needs of persons in protracted situations of statelessness and to assist stateless persons to access legal remedies to redress statelessness, in particular that which results from arbitrary deprivation of nationality. • Conclusion No. 99 (LV) – 2004 http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/41750ef74.html The Executive Committee, […] (z) Welcomes the accession of Uruguay and the Czech Republic to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and of Liberia and Lesotho to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; and encourages UNHCR, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1954 Convention, to renew its efforts to promote further accession to both Conventions; • Conclusion No. 95 (LIV) – 2003 4

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