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The first Global Alliance to End Statelessness Regional Network Lab took place on 15-16 October 2024 in Geneva following the High-Level Segment on Statelessness on 14 October 2024.

Regional Network Labs are a key building block of the Global Alliance, seeking to foster dynamic and interlinked networks of regional actors who can support the design and implementation of context-sensitive solutions to statelessness.

The topic for the first Regional Network Lab was strengthening trans-regional exchange and knowledge-sharing to support changemaking efforts.

The Global Alliance to End Statelessness was formally launched on Monday, 14 October to enthusiasm and applause of close to 1,000 attendees during the first hours of UNHCR’s Executive Committee meetings in Geneva, Switzerland. 

“It is my great honour to officially launch the Global Alliance to End Statelessness. This is an effort to bring together a broader coalition of governments, civil society, international organizations, academia and those that have been affected by statelessness,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi proclaimed.

The Global Alliance to End Statelessness is pleased to announce the composition of its first-ever Advisory Committee.

The selection process was driven by the need for balanced representation, taking into account expertise, geographic and regional distribution, and the inclusion of various types of stakeholders. A key priority was to ensure that organizations led by individuals with lived experience of statelessness are included.

Read More for the full list of Advisory Committee members.

The second World Conference on Statelessness (WCS24) was organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over 26-29 February 2024. The conference successfully convened a broad coalition of stakeholders from various regions, promoting knowledge sharing, solidarity, and collaborative action. UNHCR organized the panel ‘Uniting for Change: Accelerating Solutions through the New Multistakeholder Global Alliance to End Statelessness’ to inform of the benefits of multilateral engagement to address statelessness and build the Global Alliance membership among civil society and other stakeholders.

The Global Refugee Forum 2023 was marked by an impressive commitment to address statelessness, with 135 new pledges made. Of these, 64 pledges came from 42 states. Significantly, 24 entities pledged to join the new Global Alliance to End Statelessness. The Philippines, Cote d’Ivoire, and CLARCIEV also pledged to join the Solution Seeker Programme.

On 15 December 2023, in the framework of the Global Refugee Forum 2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will host a parallel high-level event titled “From Pledges to Results: Realizing a World Free from Statelessness through Collaborative Action”.