Media Impact of the Campaign On 4 November, in Thailand, to mark the 7th year anniversary of the #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness by 2024, UNHCR Thailand published a story of a 24-year-old formerly stateless man, Mr. Sai Nhamjoom, who was recently granted Thai nationality. He shared his first-hand experiences and challenges of being stateless and his dream to become a professional footballer. On the 7th anniversary of the #IBelong Campaign, UNHCR’s Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina was interviewed by the Federal News Agency FENA, which was transmitted by several media outlets, including Tuzlanski, Radio Slobodna and Srpskainfoand. On 5 November, UNHCR published an #IBelong Story of the hardships faced by a formerly stateless woman, Nina, in her efforts to gain a legal identity. On 5 November, UNHCR and the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Human Rights of Togo conducted an information session which was broadcast on national television and private media outlets, to raise awareness of the issue of statelessness and the #IBelong campaign. This was also an opportunity to highlight Togo’s accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions and discuss its implications, including the ongoing efforts to address the discriminatory provisions in Togo’s nationality law. On 2 December, a Croatian television network, RTL, broadcast a story on statelessness, featuring a stateless and formerly stateless person. UNHCR successfully intervened in the case of the formerly stateless person before the European Court for Human Rights in 2015 which resulted in the person being granted nationality in 2018. In the feature, UNHCR and its legal partner Civil Rights Project Sisak highlight the difficulties faced by stateless people while trying to resolve their status and advocate for the establishment of a statelessness determination procedure to facilitate the process. On 10 December, UNHCR Georgia published a video to call attention to the importance of access to education for stateless people. On 17 November, the Deputy Director of UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Southern Africa, Ms Angele Dikoungue-Atangana, and Mpho Modise, a person at risk of statelessness, were interviewed on the Morning Live Show to talk about statelessness, its causes, existing legal gaps that perpetuate the risk of statelessness and what is needed to address it in the region. UNHCR > The Campaign to End Statelessness | October – December 2021 Update 11