At the start of this month, our Director Chris Nash represented ENS at the first meeting of a Taskforce established by UNHCR to advise on the formation of a newĀ Global Alliance to Eradicate Statelessness.
Launching in 2023, UNHCR will serve as the Secretariat to lead the establishment of the Global Alliance To End Statelessness. The Global Alliance will aim to increase collective advocacy efforts, catalyse political commitments and accelerate the implementation of concrete solutions to statelessness. Building on the momentum generated by the #IBELONG campaign, this alliance will continue working on the United Nationsā commitment to āending statelessnessā found in the Secretary Generalās āOur Common Agendaā report.
In support of this work, ENS Director Chris Nash highlighted that āwe are particularly keen to support the Taskforce in galvanising the development of effective regional intergovernmental strategies to address statelessness, given that these are critical to delivering necessary law and policy reform at country levelā. He added, ādrawing on our own community engagement principles and strategy, we also want to utilise our membership of the Taskforce to help promote the inclusion and centering of stateless changemakers (stateless people and community-led organisations) as part of the development of the Global Allianceā.
Taskforce members include stateless and formerly stateless people, civil society organisations, academic institutions, faith-based organisations, UN and other international entities. You can find out more about the organisations represented on the Global Alliance TaskforceĀ here.
ENS looks forward to working with other Taskforce members on the shared goal of ending statelessness.
