Finding it imperative to balance the twin moral necessities of eradicating statelessness across the World Assembly,
yet again, and enabling each member state to fortify its borders against invasion, the General Assembly hereby:
- forbids member states from removing:
- the citizenship of any of their citizens who do not hold citizenship in any other nation,
- the nationality of any of their nationals who do not hold nationality in any other nation, and
- the citizenship or nationality of any of their citizens or nationals, even if they are not covered by Articles a(i) or a(ii), without giving them two weeks' warning and the right to a judicial review of such removal,
- requires members to immediately and unconditionally restore, as appropriate:
- the citizenship of any person who they have removed the citizenship of and who did not hold citizenship in any other nation immediately afterwards,
- the nationality of any person who they have removed the nationality of and who did not hold nationality in any other nation immediately afterwards,
- the citizenship or nationality of any person whose citizenship or nationality has been removed in a manner that contradicts Article a(iii),
- the citizenship or nationality of any person who has voluntarily rescinded it in order to acquire some other citizenship or nationality, and who became stateless as a result of such rescission, but who ultimately did not succeed in making that acquisition, and
- the citizenship or nationality of any person who has voluntarily rescinded it in order to become stateless and hence facilitate their performance of activities that are illegal in the member state they live in,
- defines, for the purpose of this resolution, a "found stateless person" in any member state as a person found in that member state who is not described by Article b, and who furthermore:
- does not hold the citizenship or nationality of any other nation,
- holds the citizenship or nationality of some other nation(s) which are not recognised by the member state they are found in for any reason whatsoever, or
- holds the citizenship or nationality of some other nation(s) which are recognised by the member state they are found in, so long as such recognition is asserted for the sole reason that the person claiming statelessness, simply in virtue of their holding such citizenship or nationality, is not in fact stateless (and that no Article d obligations therefore exist in relation to them),
- requires each member state to grant their nationality to each found stateless person found within their jurisdiction (and encourages each member to further extend their citizenship to such persons), unless that person rejects such granting, in which case they shall be free at any time to request it should they change their mind,
- emphasises that, despite Article d, each member state may choose to deny access to any found stateless person wishing to cross their border where it can be proven that such crossing has been ordered by any other government for any actual, promised, or potential reward whatsoever, including citizenship or nationality under that Article,
- insists that members not charge any individual for the granting or restoration of their citizenship or nationality when they grant or restore it pursuant to Articles b or d,
- forbids members from charging any individual more than the necessary administrative and handling fees where that individual seeks to attain or (where legal) rescind their citizenship or nationality, except where Article f provides that the attainment of such be free of charge, and
- clarifies that nothing in this resolution prevents citizens or nationals of a member state from voluntarily rescinding their citizenship or nationality of that member.
