10 Actions to End Statelessness Steps were taken by Colombia in 2019 to help ensure that children born in the country to Venezuelan parents acquire Colombian nationality. This is expected to benefit at least 24,000 children who were stateless or at risk of statelessness. © UNHCR/ANDREW MCCONNELL, 2019 HOW CAN UNHCR HELP? Major Activities: 1. Support States to identify legal, procedural and practical obstacles to issuance of nationality documentation to those who are entitled to it. 2. Advocate and provide technical advice for reform of laws, policies and procedures to ensure that those entitled to nationality under the law acquire documentary proof of nationality. 3. Promote accessible and uniform procedures for issuing of nationality documentation. WHAT EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES CAN FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACTION? • • ‘Legal identity’ may be reflected in the post2015 development agenda. WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING THIS ACTION? • 4. Provide technical support to governments to issue nationality documentation. 5. Support public information campaigns to raise awareness of procedures to obtain nationality documentation. Pledges on related issues by particular States at UNHCR’s 2011 Ministerial Meeting. • Baseline population data is incomplete and progress is difficult to measure because many of the individuals referred to in this Action are completely undocumented and therefore do not appear in any existing statistics. Because of the systemic nature of some of the problems leading to low levels of nationality documentation, these problems can be costly to resolve. 6. Support the provision of legal aid to assist individuals with applications for nationality documentation. U N H C R > G LO B A L AC T I O N P L A N TO E N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S : 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 2 4 27