On 4 March, in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, UNHCR contributed to a press briefing organized by the Migration Service Committee of the Ministry of Interior as part of the second phase of a joint country-wide statelessness identification and documentation campaign. The press briefings and outreach sessions aim to raise awareness of statelessness and support national eradication efforts. On 24 March, the European Commission adopted the first comprehensive EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child. The strategy explicitly recognizes the special needs of stateless children, urging Member States to ensure access to birth registration for all children and to increase the capacity of front-line officials to respond to statelessness in the context of migration. Mukhamadjon Turgunov, a former kickboxing champion and currently a taekwondo coach, finally received Uzbek citizenship in April 2020. © UNHCR/Elyor Nematov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan On 24 March, the European Network on Statelessness organized a webinar to launch its annual StatelessnessINDEX and provide a forum for experts to report on key trends. On 26 March, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UNHCR and the National Human Rights Committee organized a regional roundtable on statelessness reduction and prevention in Central Asia. Participants included representatives of relevant authorities and civil society partners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It was an opportunity for participants to assess progress on efforts to eradicate statelessness in the region, review the implementation of pledges submitted at the 2019 HLS, present best practices and achievements in the region, and discuss ways to close remaining gaps. As part of a broader awareness raising campaign in Kosovo (S/RES/1244(1999)), UNHCR and its legal partner organization Civil Rights Program Kosovo (CRPK) issued a report documenting individual success stories in obtaining birth and other civil registration documents. On 11 January, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was concluded among UNHCR’s partners in Kazakhstan, the Migration Service Committee and the Ministry of Justice. The MoU aims to strengthen joint efforts including assistance to and protection of stateless persons, the roll-out of identification and documentation campaigns, and improvement of the legislative framework related to nationality and statelessness. In January, UNHCR donated 19 sets of information and communication technology equipment to the Uzbek State Committee on Statistics to support the collection and management of disaggregated data on stateless persons and those with undetermined nationality. Dragana Maksimovic-Durlevic received documentation proving that she was born in Kosovo (S/RES/1244(1999)). © Vushtri/Vučitrn Municipality 4