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convention on the r e duct ion of stat e l e ssn e ss P ublished by : UNHCR . Box 2500. 1211 Geneva 2. Switzerland Text of the 1961 convention on the Reduction of Statelessness with an Introductory Note by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1961 c o n v e n t i o n reduction of statelessness 1. 2 1961 c o n v e n t i o n reduction of statelessness introductory note by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ). T he C onvention on the R eduction of S tatelessness was adopted on 30 August 1961 and entered into force on 13 December 1975. It complements the 1954 convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and was the result of over a decade of international negotiations on how to avoid the incidence of statelessness. Together, these two treaties form the foundation of the international legal framework to address statelessness, a phenomenon which continues to adversely affect the lives of millions of people around the world.

nationality to children automatically at birth or subsequently upon applica - tion. The Convention further seeks to prevent statelessness later in life by pro-hibiting the withdrawal of citizenship from States’ nationals – either through loss, renunciation, or deprivation of nationality – when doing so would result in statelessness.

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