Background to the High-Level Segment
on Statelessness
This publication contains a full compendium of
the pledges made during the HLS and as
such serves as a record that will be helpful in
tracking their implementation. It also provides
an analysis of the pledges that gives an
indication to the international community
concerning progress that can be expected in
various areas during the remainder of the
#IBelong Campaign.
© UNHCR/Mark Henley
Also present at the HLS were formerly
stateless persons from all regions of the world
who now serve as advocates for the cause of
ending statelessness. In addition, an
exhibition featuring portraits of individual
stateless persons and highlighting aspects of
their personal stories was displayed for the
duration of the HLS and throughout the
week-long Executive Committee meeting. A
number of those photographs are reproduced
throughout this publication.
High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi takes part in a panel discussion with
Deputy Secretary-General for the UN, Amina Mohammed, during the HLS.
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