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1st Meeting, 75th Session of UNHCR Executive Committee…

1st Meeting, 75th Session of UNHCR Executive Committee

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02:31:58
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75th Session of UNHCR Executive Committee - At its annual session, the Executive Committee (ExCom) reviews the work of the Standing Committee of the preceding year and establishes its programme of work for the next 12 months.
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10:00 - 11:00

Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda
  • Chairperson of the Executive Committee, H.E. Dr. Katharina Stasch

Statement on global issues by the High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Mr. Filippo Grandi

11:00 - 11:50

High-level segment on statelessness

Film on the theme of the #IBelong Campaign

Dialogue with formerly stateless individuals
  • Dialogue between Ms. Anita Rani, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Ms. Nosizi Dube and Ms. Noor Azizah

Panel 1: Marking 10 years of progress through the #IBelong Campaign
  • Ms. Anita Rani, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador (Moderator)
  • H.E. Mr. Vepa Hajiyev, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva
  • Mr. Jean Uema, National Secretary of Justice, Brazil
  • Mr. Chris Nash, Director of the European Network on Statelessness

Personal reflections on the #IBelong Campaign
  • Ms. Barbara Hendricks, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
11:50 - 13:00

Film on the theme of the Global Alliance

Panel 2: Stepping up multi-stakeholder action through the Global Alliance to End Statelessness
  • Ms. Anita Rani, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador (Moderator)
  • Mr. Dennis Arvin L. Chan, Chief State Counsel and Head, Refugees and Stateless Persons Unit, Department of Justice, Philippines
  • H.E. Ms. Bathsheba N. Crocker, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva
  • Ambassador Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union
  • Mr. David Best, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, Council of Europe
  • Mr. Azizbek Ashurov, Coordinator of the Central Asian Network on Statelessness and 2019 Nansen Laureate
Video message from the United Nations Secretary-General

Official launch of the Global Alliance
  • Mr. Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees
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