Guidance Note of the Secretary-General: The United Nations and Statelessness

The present note provides guidance to the UN system on addressing statelessness by outlining the guiding principles and the policy framework for action. The UN engagement in addressing statelessness should be guided by seven principles that support the development, promotion and implementation of international norms relating to statelessness. In addition to the seven guiding principles, the note presents four concrete interrelated action approaches on how the UN system can improve its coordinated response to statelessness.