Examples of using Reducing statelessness in English and their translations into Russian
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Non-discriminatory nationality laws are therefore important for preventing and reducing statelessness.
Progress was made in reducing statelessness through the acquisition or confirmation of nationality.
UNHCR encouraged Guyana to accede to the international instruments dedicated to preventing and reducing statelessness and ensuring the protection of stateless populations.
There was slow butsteady progress in reducing statelessness in a number of countries, though no breakthrough that led to a major reduction in the global population.
Fortunately, policy makers in affected countries can draw on the positive examples set by other States during the past decade in reducing statelessness.
The Government of the Republic of Macedonia has made significant progress in preventing and reducing statelessness, with a view to fully eliminating the risk of statelessness. .
Foreign citizens or stateless persons residing in Viet Nam can obtain Vietnamese nationality if they satisfy all requirements provided for in the Vietnamese law,thus ensuring the right to nationality of each individual and reducing statelessness.
Major progress was achieved by the Russian Federation in reducing statelessness and, prior to events which unfolded during the first half of 2010, efforts were also being made in Kyrgyzstan.
The Office was encouraged to undertake robust performance monitoring andevaluation to measure the impact these activities have in preventing and reducing statelessness and protecting stateless persons.
Also calls upon all States to adopt andimplement nationality legislation with a view to preventing and reducing statelessness, consistent with fundamental principles of international law, in particular by preventing arbitrary deprivation of nationality;
Recalling General Assembly resolution 66/133 of 19 December 2011, in which the Assembly urged the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue its work with regard to identifying stateless persons,preventing and reducing statelessness and protecting stateless persons.
She highlighted the progress made on preventing and reducing statelessness, briefed delegations on important changes in national asylum legislation, and noted that the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration in 2014 would present an opportunity for States to further advance protection in the region.
UNHCR has also published two brochures on Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons:The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and on Preventing and Reducing Statelessness: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. .
In view of this, andthe Officer's lead role in preventing and reducing statelessness, UNHCR is working to increase its cooperation with other United Nations agencies and treaty monitoring bodies, as well as other organizations engaged in statelessness and nationality issues, such as the Council of Europe and OSCE.
Moreover, a new bill on nationality was being drawn up,which included several measures on preventing and reducing statelessness, as well as new provisions regulating the granting of Tajik nationality.
The Council also adopted resolution 20/4 on the right to a nationality: women and children, in which it called upon allStates to adopt and implement nationality legislation consistent with their obligations under international law with a view to preventing and reducing statelessness among women and children.
Recalling its general recommendation No. 30(2005) on discrimination against non-citizens andespecially its paragraph 16 on reducing statelessness and in particular among children, the Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality laws to allow Qatari women to transmit their citizenship to their children without discrimination.
In addition, initiatives, for instance in Papua New Guinea and Ghana, helped ensure children born in exile were registered and received birth certificates, thus enabling those concerned to acquire residential permits, gain access to education andhealth care, and reducing statelessness.
Recognizes that birth registration provides an official record of achild's legal identity and is crucial to preventing and reducing statelessness, and welcomes pledges by States to ensure the birth registration of all children;
Subsequently, the General Assembly, in conjunction with the Executive Committee, recognized an enhanced scope of activity for UNHCR, including promoting accessions to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons(1954 Convention) and the 1961 Convention, providing technical and advisory services to States on the preparation of nationality legislation, identifying and protecting stateless persons,and preventing and reducing statelessness.
UNHCR also recommended that the Government undertake a comprehensive review of national legislation andpolicies for the purpose of preventing and reducing statelessness, in particular by establishing that children born on the territory acquire Niger nationality and by amending legislative provisions to ensure equality between men and women regarding acquisition, change and retention of nationality.
Notes that the lack of civil registration and related documentation makes persons vulnerable to statelessness and associated protection risks, recognizes that birth registration provides an official record of a child's legal identity andis crucial to preventing and reducing statelessness, and welcomes efforts by States to ensure the birth registration of children;
Concerning the avoidance and reduction of statelessness and the protection of stateless persons, the participating CIS States undertook to adopt orrevise citizenship legislation on avoiding and reducing statelessness as a consequence of State succession and to set up mechanisms that would enable persons to establish their nationality; they also undertook to do so in accordance with the provisions of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and, where applicable, the 1997 European Convention on Nationality.
The Director of the Regional Bureau for the Americas emphasized five themes for the region:( i) opening and maintaining asylum space;( ii) mainstreaming an age, gender and diversity approach into planning and implementation;( iii) addressing displacement due to transnational organized crime and other forms of criminal violence;( iv)preventing and reducing statelessness; and( v) providing protection and solutions in the Colombia situation.
UNHCR's efforts focused on improving baseline data on stateless populations; promoting accession to the statelessness conventions; promoting law reform and providing technical advice; preventing statelessness through documentation, birth registration andlegal aid; reducing statelessness; promoting determination procedures; developing international legal standards and doctrinal guidance; providing operational guidance and training; bolstering partnerships; and raising awareness.
It asked about measures being taken to prevent and reduce statelessness.
Several States enacted legislative reforms that should serve to prevent and reduce statelessness.
Despite increased momentum in efforts to prevent and reduce statelessness, progress has been slow.
The past two years have witnessed increased momentum in efforts to prevent and reduce statelessness.