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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BY THE OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND THE UN OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

On September 30, 2022, a roundtable on accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness took place in Astana.

Representatives of government bodies, NGOs and international organizations, including the Commissioner for Human Rights of the RK - Elvira Azimova, representative of UNHCR in Central Asia - Hans Friedrich Schodder, UN Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan Michaela Friberg-Story, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RK Akan Rakhmetullin, Chairman of the Majilis Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security - Aigul Kusspan participated in the round table. Director of NGO "Sana Sezim" took part in the event on behalf of NGO "Sana Sezim".

During the round table discussion the aim and main provisions of 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, accession to conventions, global plan of action to eliminate statelessness and exchange of best practices of other countries were touched upon. The event ended with the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.