8 October 2025
Side event on statelessness at the 76th session of the UNHCR Executive Committee
We are pleased to announce that we will hold a side event under the title “Growing membership, strengthening resolve: One year of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness” on 8 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Marking the first anniversary of the Global Alliance, this event will combine a panel discussion to highlight good practice and a ceremony recognizing new Alliance members and accessions to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions.
It is organized as a side event to the 76th session of the Executive Committee, which is the subsidiary organ of the General Assembly mandated with reviewing and approving the UNHCR’s programmes and budget.
Event Details:
Date: 8 October 2025
Place: Room V, Building A, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Time: 13:30 – 14:45 (CET)
Agenda:
Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR
- H.E. Ms. Usana Berananda, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations in Geneva
- H.E. Mr. Kire Ilioski, Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
- Mr. Armando Augello Cupi, Founder, Unione Italiana Apolidi (Stateless-led organization)
Ceremony
- Opening remarks: Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR
- Remarks by the H.E. Carlos D. Sorreta, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
- Remarks by Mr. Joao Ernesto Christofolo, Head of the Special Advisory Office for International Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Brazil
- Handing in of Note Verbales of New Global Alliance Members
- Recognition of States acceding to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions. (2019–2025)
- Group photo
Please note that this is an in-person event only. If you want to join, you need to have or request in advance an access card to the Palais des Nations.
Photo credit: © UNHCR/Rachaphon Riansiri
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