I. Introduction
selected examples also highlight the fruitful co-operation between the
OSCE and UNHCR on these matters to identify lasting solutions to the
phenomenon of statelessness in the OSCE area.
Next page: Kyrgyzstan. Fleeing the 1992-97 civil war in Tajikistan, Sadakhan is
one of many who settled in the Chui region, but became stateless. One of her
three children suffers from epilepsy. As a stateless person, she has no access to
health care or social assistance. Unable to leave her son, she cannot work or
afford medicine. “How does it feel? How would you feel if you could give nothing
to your children?” �� UNHCR/Alimzhan Zhorobaev
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