ABSTRACT
The nationality problems faced by married women were addressed in part by the 1930 Hague Convention on the Conflict of Nationality Laws and the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Nationality of Women. The Commission on the Status of Women in January, 1948, asked the Economic and Social Council to request the Secretary-General to prepare a report on existing treaties on nationality and on the governmental replies to a questionnaire on the legal status and treatment of women. At their 1949 session responding to the serious problems reflected in the Secretary-General's report, decided that a convention on the nationality of married women should be a priority. Continuing a principle established in the Hague Convention, the treaty emphasizes the independence of the nationality of the wife from that of her husband, rather than the traditional principle of family unity. In 1954 the Secretary-General began a regular system of collecting information on changes in the legislation affecting the nationality of married women.
