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UNHCR applauds Togo’s accession to two UN Conventions on Statelessness Togo has now become the latest country to join the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, helping to advance the global fight to end statelessness. UNHCR | Updated: 23-07-2021 11:06 IST | Created: 23-07-2021 11:06 IST Representative image Image Credit: ANI SHARE UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds Togo's accession to the two UN Conventions on Statelessness. Togo has now become the latest country to join the 1954 Convention on the Status of Statele...

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships The Durable Solutions Officer is a focal point for solutions related issues in a country, and normally reports to the Senior Durable Solutions Officer, Senior Protection Officer or, where appropriate, to the Assistant or Deputy Representative. The incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for durable solutions staff, who may include staff within the functional groups of durable solutions, reintegration, repatriation, and resettlement. S/he works closely with protection and programme staff and ensures operational standards and practices in solu...

Good Practices Brochure: Stateless Women and Girls Format Introduction Millions of people are believed to be stateless – they are not considered as nationals of any county. The exact number of stateless people is unknown; however, according to statistics reported at the end of 2019, there are 4.1 million stateless people worldwide – over 50 per cent of them in Asia and the Pacific. People become stateless for a variety of reasons; gaps or conflicting provisions in nationality law, discrimination against ethnic or religious groups, or lack of identity documentation over generations. It als...

UNHCR welcomes further efforts to strengthen healthcare for stateless students Format In a development welcomed by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, thousands more previously undocumented stateless students across Thailand will have the opportunity to access health services through the country’s national healthcare system, including disease prevention, medical treatment and rehabilitation. These students have also received documentation and benefited from an improvement in their legal status, and as a result, new pathways have opened up to enable them to eventually resolve their statelessness. ...

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