Why the Global Alliance and why now?
We cannot stop now. Today, there are millions of women and men, girls and boys around the world that are stateless. These are people that have no nationality and no access to rights.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the global organization of national parliaments from around the world, with 180 Member Parliaments. We have been working closely with UNHCR for almost 15 years to mobilize our Members to take action to put an end to statelessness.
The Global Alliance will be a unique and powerful tool. It brings together a diverse set of actors that each will bring their own added value, strengths, and opportunities. The Alliance will allow us to find common opportunities for cooperation, and to learn from, challenge and support one another in order to achieve change.
What inspires me about the collaboration in the Alliance is that it builds on the positive and values diversity. It is about accepting our differences and what we can do for each other.
I think the fact that we are launching a Global Alliance to End Statelessness is a sign of hope. It is a sign and sends a strong message that we can do things together, that human rights matter and that solidarity is still there. And that we can, again, agree to change things together, for millions of people around the world.
Kareen Jabre
Director – Division of Programmes, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
31 August 2026
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