Statelessness regional ministerial meeting 2017

Statelessness regional ministerial meeting 2017

Regional ministerial level meeting for the validation and adoption of the Regional Plan of Action to eradicate statelessness in West Africa

1. Agenda

Expert Meeting (7-8 May)

Ministerial Meeting (9 May)

2. Concept note

3. Background note

4. Presentations

Update on Statelessness in West Africa - Ms. Emmanuelle Mitte, Senior Regional Protection Officer (Statelessness), UNHCR Regional Office for West Africa
Solution integrÃ©e d'enregistrement des naissances - Mr. Adama Sawadogo, Co-founder ICIVIL
Birth Registration in West Africa - Ms. Mirkka Mattila, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa
Respect des cadres juridiques, politiques et institutionnels rÃ©gissant l'Ã©radication de l'apatridie - Ms. Odette G. Kouao, Legal Officer, Commission for Legal Affairs, ECOWAS

5. Speeches

Ms. Fatimata Dia Sow, Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS
Ms. Liz Ahua, Regional Representative, UNHCR Regional Office for West Africa (English, French)
Mr. Mai Ahmad Fatty, Minister of Interior, Republic of The Gambia
Mr. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia
Mr. Volker TÃ¼rk, Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees (Protection), UNHCR (English, French)
Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel
Mr. Marcel Alain de Souza, President of the ECOWAS Commission
Ms. Marie Pierre Poirier, Regional Director, UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa
Mr. Gregory Toulmin, Country Program Coordinator, World Bank
Mr. Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director, UNFPA Regional Office for West and Central Africa

6. Country presentation

7. Banjul Plan of Action

8. Joint Statement

9. Media resources

Press release (English, French)
Media coverage

10. Videos

Speech by Ms. Maya Sahli Fadel, Commissioner, African Commission for Human and People's Rights

Video UNHCR "Stateless Children"

11. Videos of the Meeting

12. Photos of the Event

A selection of photos from the conference