Middle East and North Africa The League of Arab States: further strengthen the League of Arab States’ engagement on a range of protection issues with an aim to reduce risks of statelessness including by increasing access to birth registration and civil status documentation, and promoting the adoption of a regional declaration and its implementation by Member States. Total requirements for 2017 and 2018: $200,000 GLOBAL STRATEGY UNHCR Division of External Relations: enhance the Campaign’s visibility and strengthen public support to the Campaign through creation of awareness-raising multimedia products and coordinating and supporting public awareness activities in the field. This will also require additional human resources. Total requirements for 2017 and 2018: $600,000 UNHCR Division of International Protection: increase the capacity of the Statelessness Section through recruitment of additional staff to meet the increasing demand for capacity building and technical support to UNHCR offices, governments and other partners; to organize a high-level event focused on the Campaign’s progress to date, and to seek commitments for additional action; and to increase sharing of good practices among States. Total requirements for 2017 and 2018: $800,000 Christian is 17 and stateless. "I was born in the Dominican Republic as was my father. But I have no birth certificate and no documents at all. I was a student until the 8th grade but then they said I would not allowed to continue in school. That was three years ago. Now I spend most of my time taking care of our sheep and cows. I want to keep studying mathematics and eventually to become a math professor. I like this subject a lot and I am good at it." Credit: UNHCR / M. Redondo 34