The Campaign to End Statelessness July 2018 Update #IBelong Join us in our Campaign to End Statelessness Mobilizing governments and civil society To mark the mid-way point of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, UNHCR will convene a High Level Event on Statelessness as part of its annual Executive Committee meeting in October 2019 in Geneva. States will be invited to showcase achievements since the launch of the Campaign, in line with the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness. In addition, States will have the opportunity to deliver pledges to address statelessness during the remaining five years of the Campaign. In preparation for the 2019 High Level Event, two regional preparatory meetings have taken place. On 13-14 June, a Regional Preparatory Meeting for the High Level Event on Statelessness took place in Santiago, Chile. During the meeting, Government representatives from twenty-five different Latin American States highlighted their achievements to date and identified possible commitments to present at the 2019 High Level Event. In addition, UNHCR presented an innovative evaluation and follow-up mechanism called “Towards Zero Statelessness” and invited all participating countries to endorse it. This mechanism helps States to determine their progress towards the eradication of statelessness at the national level as well as to identify challenges and measures to address them. Americas Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2019 High Level Event on Statelessness in Santiago, Chile ©UNHCR/E. Paz 1