UNHCR welcomes South Sudan's accession to two key treaties to combat statelessness

JUBA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday welcomed South Sudan's accession to two key treaties aimed at eradicating statelessness.

On Tuesday, South Sudan acceded to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness -- two UN conventions designed to prevent the occurrence of statelessness.