A/73/205 60. State requirements for the granting of citizenship, including in relation to any preference in terms of linguistic, religious or ethnic characteristics, must be reasonable and justified in order not to constitute a form of discrimination prohibited under international law. 61. There needs to be further clarification of what constitutes discriminatory denial or deprivation of citizenship. The Special Rapporteur calls upon the international community, Member States, international organizations and other interested parties to assist in the development of further practical guidelines, including their production in the official languages of the United Nations and their dissemination through social and other media so as to ensure as wide access as possible. 62. The Special Rapporteur invites UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international, regional and national interested parties to consider, as part of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness, organizing a dedicated international forum in 2019 or 2020 on how to implement action 1, on resolving existing major situations of statelessness, specifically in relation to the major situations of statelessness, which all involve minorities around the world. 18-12048 15/19

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