State Pledges: In 2011 at the High-Level Engagement on Statelessness (HLE), only 4 countries in Southern Africa submitted pledges on statelessness. In October 2019 at the High-Level Segment (HLS)on statelessness and in December at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF), 14 out of 16 SADC countries (all States but Mauritius and Seychelles) submitted pledges related to Statelessness. The highest number of state pledges were in respect of (1) Accession to Statelessness Conventions; (2) Data Collection; (3) Strengthen birth registration. In addition, States committed to engage in law reform; awareness raising and sensitization; establish statelessness determination procedures; facilitate access to naturalization; and to develop a National Action Plan to end statelessness. CSO pledges: There are 15 pledges related to statelessness from NGOs in the region such as (1) Legal advocates/civil society in the region (1 pledge); (2) Pro Bono.Org (SA) (4 pledges); (3) Scalabrini Centre (Cape Town) (2 pledges); (4) Southern African Nationality Network (6 pledges). As a way forward, the following recommendations were made:  CSOs to advocate with States for the implementation of their pledges, and offer their expertise to assist in implementation  VI. CSOs to submit additional pledges, considering that the GRF platform remains open PRESENTATIONS BY THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN NATIONALITY NETWORK Presentation on the SANN network and the SANN GRF pledge (2019): Thandeka Chauke, Statelessness Project Head, LHR and Tshegofatso Mothapo, Statelessness Project Researcher, LHR SANN is a collective of civil society organisations, individuals and networks working towards universal access to the right to a nationality and the eradication of statelessness in Southern Africa. It was established in July 2016 with the support of the UNHCR and in response to the call of the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) for civil society to support its work on the right to a nationality in Africa. Initially, a continent wide campaign was launched (Right2Nationality Campaign) culminating in regional networks in West, East and Southern Africa. Secretariat and Steering Committee: 5