Training and awareness-raising In Somalia, the Director of the Civil Registration Department and the Government Focal Point on Statelessness from the Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation, organized a statelessness capacity building workshop in the South-West State. A total of 30 government officials were trained on the international and national legal frameworks on nationality and statelessness and the Somalia National Action Plan to End Statelessness by 2024. In Chile, UNCHR’s partner Alberto Hurtado University, and the Commission of the Venezuelan Diaspora in Chile organized an awareness raising session on social media, to advise members of the community on the risks of statelessness. In Cambodia, the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children and the Cambodian Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, together with the Ministry of Interior and the Prey Veng Provincial Office, convened a training on civil registration for 40 frontline officers in April. Good practices on civil registration procedures were shared, including on accelerated procedures for vulnerable populations. In Vietnam, UNHCR, the Department of Civil Registration, Nationality and Authentication and the Ministry of Justice, signed a partnership agreement for 2022. The agreement outlines areas of cooperation between the government and UNHCR and support to the efforts to prevent and reduce statelessness, including legislative reform and accession to the UN Statelessness Conventions. UNHCR > The Campaign to End Statelessness | April – June 2022 Update In Jordan, two trainings relevant to the prevention of statelessness were organized. UNHCR provided a training to government officials from the Civil Status Department on several protection topics, including the importance of documentation and birth registration in crisis situations, to prevent statelessness. Another training was co-facilitated by the Ministry of Interior. 30 officials from various governates participated in the training. The purpose was to raise awareness and capacity on issues linked to statelessness. UNHCR participated in the World Council of Churches Webinar on Statelessness and the “Interfaith Affirmations on Belongingness in June. The panel discussion was a follow up on the recently adopted “Interfaith Affirmations on Belongingness��. The event focused on the critical importance of religious and faith-based organizations in raising awareness on statelessness and addressing its root causes. UNHCR and the International Institute of Humanitarian Law organized the fifth Arabic language Statelessness Course between 6 June – 1 July. The online course was facilitated by UNHCR and external experts and attended by 38 participants from 12 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, including government officials from various ministries and departments, civil society organizations, UN agencies and members of the academia. The different sessions aimed at strengthening the awareness on the international legal standards on statelessness, providing a platform to share experiences and explore solutions relevant to diverse contexts. 9