The Campaign to End Statelessness January – March 2019 Update #IBelong Join us in our Campaign to End Statelessness Mobilizing Governments and Civil Society On 25 January, a new Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on the United Nations and Statelessness was issued. It replaces the 2011 Guidance Note on the same subject and contains useful updates, including references to UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness and many new resources that have been produced to assist States and others to address statelessness. The Guidance Note and the accompanying UN Key Messages on Statelessness document are designed to support advocacy by actors across the UN system, and particularly in the lead-up to the HighLevel Segment on Statelessness. The High-Level Segment on Statelessness will take place on the first day of UNHCR’s Executive Committee meeting, on 7 October 2019, and will mark the mid-point of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024. In March, UNHCR launched a website on the High-Level Segment on Statelessness which contains background information on the #IBelong Campaign and guidance documents for States and international organizations to submit pledges at the event. In the lead-up to the High-Level Segment on Statelessness, regional preparatory meetings are being convened to review progress and prepare pledges. On 14 February, UNHCR and UNICEF jointly issued an advocacy brief on Ending Childhood Statelessness in Europe. The two agencies call on States and regional organizations to take urgent action to ensure that no child is born, or remains, stateless in Europe and proposes a series of lowcost, effective and sustainable solutions. 1