IBelong Campaign Milestones Adoption of the Brazil Declaration and Plan of Action Launch of the #IBelong Campaign and the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness The #IBelong Campaign aims to end statelessness through legal advocacy and collaboration with governments and partners around the globe. The Global Action Plan to End Statelessness sets out a guiding framework comprising 10 key actions. 2014 Representatives from 28 countries and three territories in Latin America and the Caribbean adopted a road map to address new displacement trends and end statelessness. Abidjan Declaration on Eradication of Statelessness Formation of the Friends of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness The Declaration contains 25 commitments to eradicate statelessness made by the States belonging to the Economic Community of West African States. In 2017, the accompanying Banjul Declaration was adopted to support the implementation of these commitments. In advance of the one-year anniversary of the campaign, a Friends Group was formed, composed of Geneva-based diplomatic missions of States, dedicated to raising visibility of key issues and opportunities, as well as fostering joint action and high-level advocacy. Release of the “I Am Here, I Belong: The Urgent Need to End Childhood Statelessness” Report 2015 UNHCR spoke to over 250 youth, parents, government officials and civil society organization staff in seven countries about the experiences and challenges of childhood statelessness. It was the first time that many of these young people had talked about what it was like to be stateless. Establishment of the Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality 2016 Brazzaville Declaration and Plan of Action Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region affirmed the right to nationality as a fundamental human right, expressed joint support for UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign, and committed to preventing and eradicating statelessness by reforming laws and policies related to statelessness. Jointly led by UNHCR and UNICEF, this Coalition was created to strengthen international cooperation by raising awareness of childhood statelessness and addressing key issues such as gender discrimination and birth registration. Publication of “This is Our Home: Stateless Minorities and Their Search for Citizenship” 2017 This report presented key findings from UNHCR’s consultations in 2017 with more than 120 individuals who belong to stateless, formerly stateless and atrisk minority groups in three countries, relating to both the causes and impacts of statelessness. The United Nations Secretary-General’s Guidance Note on Statelessness N’Djamena Initiative on the Eradication of Statelessness in Central Africa This Note provides guidance to the United Nations system on addressing statelessness by outlining seven guiding principles that support the development, promotion and implementation of international norms relating to statelessness. Eight countries from the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa affirmed that the right to nationality contributes to regional peace and security, as well as social and economic development, committing to a range of actions to resolve existing situations of statelessness and prevent future cases. 6 #IBELONG 2018