•
Taking clear public positions on the acceptability of return of persons
found not to be in need of international protection,
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Continuing its dialogue with States to review their citizenship legislation,
particularly if it allows renunciation of nationality without at the same time
ensuring that the person in question has acquired another nationality and
could be used to stop or delay the return of a person to a country of
nationality;
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(t) Recalls its Conclusion No 78 (XLVI) on the Prevention and Reduction of
Statelessness and the Protection of Stateless Persons and notes the global
dimension of the problem of statelessness;
(u) Notes UNHCR's work on the survey on statelessness undertaken pursuant to
the Agenda for Protection and looks forward to reviewing the recommendations
resulting from this survey which will be made available to States in the hope that
follow – up measures aimed at reducing statelessness and protecting stateless
persons will be taken;
(v) Encourages States to co-operate with UNHCR on methods to resolve cases of
statelessness and to consider the possibility of providing resettlement places
where a stateless person's situation cannot be resolved in the present host
country or other country of former habitual residence, and remains precarious;
(w) Encourages UNHCR's efforts to promote all State activities that reduce or
resolve statelessness and to promote further accessions to the 1954 Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the
Reduction of Statelessness, as effective tools for the prevention of statelessness,
which may lead to the reduction of refugee flows and the implementation of
durable solutions, and reiterates its encouragement for States to consider
accession to these instruments, where appropriate;
(x) Encourages UNHCR to provide to the Standing Committee an outline of
nationality issues impacting women and children that increase their vulnerability
to statelessness, such as problems faced in the registration of births, marriages
and nationality status;
(y) Calls on UNHCR to continue to provide technical and advisory services
concerning statelessness to all interested States and partners.
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(o) Notes the global dimension of statelessness, welcomes UNHCR's efforts within
its mandate to broaden its activities both geographically and substantively, and
encourages States to cooperate with UNHCR in identifying measures to reduce
statelessness and in devising appropriate solutions for stateless persons who are
refugees, as well as for stateless persons who are not;
(p) Reiterates its call for States to consider accession to the 1954 Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the
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