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Nationality of Natural Persons in Relation to the Succession of States

A/RES/59/34No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 138Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2000–2012
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/92
  • 2012A/RES/66/92Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of StatesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2009A/RES/63/118Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of StatesCompare with previous version
  • 2004A/RES/59/34Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of StatesCompare with previous version
  • 2001A/RES/55/153Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of StatesCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/112Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Legislative ProcessNationalityState Succession

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Reiterates its invitation to Governments to take into account, as appropriate, the provisions of the articles contained in the annex to resolution 55/153, in dealing with issues of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States;
2
Encourages States to consider, as appropriate, at the regional or subregional levels, the elaboration of legal instruments regulating questions of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, with a view, in particular, to preventing the occurrence of statelessness as a result of a succession of States;
3
Invites Governments to submit comments concerning the advisability of elaborating a legal instrument on the question of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, including the avoidance of statelessness as a result of a succession of States;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States”.

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