2006 (Executive Committee—57th Session)
Protection of Stateless Persons
(s) Encourages States to give consideration to acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of
Stateless Persons and, in regard to States Parties, to consider lifting reservations;
(t) Requests UNHCR to actively disseminate information and, where appropriate, train government
counterparts on appropriate mechanisms for identifying, recording, and granting a status to stateless persons;
(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;
(v) Encourages UNHCR to implement programmes, at the request of concerned States, which contribute to
protecting and assisting stateless persons, in particular by assisting stateless persons to access legal remedies to
redress their stateless situation and in this context, to work with NGOs in providing legal counselling and other
assistance as appropriate;
(w) Calls on States not to detain stateless persons on the sole basis of their being stateless and to treat them
in accordance with international human rights law and also calls on States Parties to the 1954 Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons to fully implement its provisions;
(x) Requests UNHCR to further improve the training of its own staff and those of other United Nations
agencies on issues relating to statelessness to enable UNHCR to provide technical advice to States Parties on the
implementation of the 1954 Convention so as to ensure consistent implementation of its provisions.
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