CHRONICLING AND DOCUMENTING THE CONFERENCE We invited several participants to document and chronicle the conference from their perspective, and to produce various reflective and creative outputs inspired by what they experienced and observed. We are delighted to share several of these outputs with you! ZAHRA MARWAN, and artist and storyteller, created the booklet “Formal Presence of a Stateless Person”, combining her whimsical artwork with the words of conference participants and her own reflections. DIWAKAR CHETTRI, a cartoonist and teacher, created a series of cartoons depicting different conference scenes, themes and characters. How many participants can you identify? JOSHUA CASTELLINO, an academic and NGO practitioner, wrote the reflection “Setting new standards? The 2024 World Conference on Statelessness”. Activist and advocate BINA RAMANAND, shared the “Reflective Piece on the 2024 World Conference on Statelessness”. Videos of some theatre performances at the conference, created by the Statelessness Action Group under the dramaturgy and direction of RUWANTHIE DE CHICKERA, can be found here: Videographer and documentary film maker ELROI YEE and his group UNTITLED KOMPENI produced three videos capturing different elements of the conference: “My warrior mother and the Prime Minister”, written by Neha Gurung and Ruwanthie de Chickera “Grief unanswered”, written by Areej Al Shammiry and Shahd Qannam. Conference in the media Subin Mulmi interview for ABC Radio National Volker Turk statement at the 2024 World Conference on Statelessness, OHCHR Presidenta de Directorio del SJM participa en Conferencia Mundial de Apatridia e Inclusión Yusra Herzi, Global Gathering on Statelessness Proves Eye Opening 2024 World Conference on Statelessness Highlights 2024 World Conference on Statelessness Highlighting the Work of Partners in Malaysia Yasah Musa at the 2024 World Conference on Statelessness Poet and activist MAYYU ALI wrote the poem “Statelessness: a Burden Imposed”, inspired by the conference. SAM GOH and his group WAY STUDIOS photographically documented the conference, creating the following archive: Opening day DAY 1 Knowledge DAY 2 Solidarity DAY 3 Change As we receive more outputs, we will post them on the conference webpage, where we will maintain a repository of conference related (and inspired) materials. Front and back cover artwork by Diwakar Chettri

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