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Over 2,000 registered stateless persons reside in Moldova

January 19, 2012
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Chisinau/ Moldova.ORG/ -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is pleased with Moldova’s steps towards accession to the two UN Conventions on Statelessness and the preparation of legislation on statelessness determination, informs the official website of the United Nations office in Moldova.

According to it, in December the Moldovan Parliament passed laws on accession to the two UN conventions as well as the law on amendment and completion of certain legislative documents which will introduce national statelessness determination procedure.

“UNHCR salutes the Parliament, the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Bureau for Migration and Asylum, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and others who contributed to the passage of these new laws,” said Peter Kessler, UNHCR representative to the Republic of Moldova.

“Once Moldova accedes to these treaties with the deposit of its instruments of ratification it will join a very select group of countries worldwide,” added Mr. Kessler.

A large number of people around the world are affected by statelessness. The UN Refugee Agency estimates that statelessness affects more than 12 million people worldwide. In Moldova there are more than 2,000 registered stateless persons.
 

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