“Stateless. The labyrinth of the invisible”, a photo exhibition launched by the UNHCR and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in Madrid, ©UNHCR/O. Calvo In Kiev, Ukraine, UNHCR organized a conference on 5 November on “Eradicating Statelessness in Ukraine: Achievements and Challenges”. Participants discussed the draft law on the establishment of a statelessness determination procedure, among other topics. On 14 November, a cinema played a short UNHCR #IBelong Campaign video on one of the main avenues in the center of Lisbon, Portugal to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the #IBelong Campaign. On the same day, one of the country’s largest daily newspapers published an editorial article on UNHCR’s mapping of statelessness in Portugal. In October, UNHCR released a video on its partnership with the European Youth Parliament launched in July 2017. Through the partnership, UNHCR provides expertise on topics related to statelessness, refugees and migration, and supports the participation of (former) stateless persons at the international and national EYP events. In Serbia, UNHCR organized a conference on “Combating Statelessness in Serbia – Achievements and the Way Forward” on 2 November. In Madrid, Spain, UNHCR and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) opened the photo exhibition “Stateless. The labyrinth of the invisible”. The exhibition features a maze-like path that invites visitors to put themselves in the shoes of stateless persons. From 9 to 14 November, a team of journalists trained on statelessness by UNHCR in the Republic of Congo rolled out a campaign in Gamboma to raise awareness on the importance of birth registration. Over 500 persons were reached through a carnival event, a radio show, and awareness raising activities held with the public. In Tajikistan, statelessness related content was broadcast on local and national TV stations, radio programmes and published in newspapers, conveying messages on the importance of having nationality and identity documents. On 5 December 2018, a TV show on statelessness was launched on national television in Burkina Faso. 11

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