High Profile Supporters
Cheikh Lô
Senegal – Singer, Musician
« Tout ce qu’il faut pour mettre fin à l’apatridie, c’est la volonté politique. »
Gabriela Rivadeneira
Ecuador - President of the National Assembly
“Nationality is the gateway to all the rights we deserve and dream of. We must eradicate statelessness”
Zainab Salbi
Iraq - Author and Founder of the Women for Women International.
Millions of women across the world are suffering because they cannot say #IBelong
Rokia Traoré
Mali - Singer, Songwriter
As a mother it seems inconceivable that I would not be able to pass my nationality on to my children. We need to make sure that all mothers and their children can say #IBelong.
Peter Capaldi
United Kingdom - Actor, Director and UNHCR Supporter
Statelessness is a grave injustice inflicted upon millions of innocent people. They deserve to say #IBelong.
Maria Eugénia Da Silva Neto
Angola - Chair of the Foundation Agostinho Neto.
“Ask the sun why on the Earth, there are human beings that have no soil to grow out of…”
Marguerite Abouet
Côte d'Ivoire - écrivaine, scénariste et réalisatrice
“Je crois que tout le monde à le droit d’appartenir”
Louise Arbour
Canada - Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Statelessness is our collective failure. We have a responsibility to ensure human beings receive the protection and benefits…”
Kathy Calvin
United States - President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation
I believe everyone has the right to nationality and I know Eleanor Roosevelt would agree!
Guor Mading Maker
South Sudan - Track and Field Athlete
We need to create a world in which everyone can say #IBelong
Douglas Booth
United Kingdom - Actor
It should not be a matter of ‘who’ or ‘from where’, everybody should have the right to say #IBelong.
Dobet Gnahoré
Côte d'Ivoire
Merci aux autorité compétente de faire en sorte que chaque personne sur cette terre puisse avoir une nationalité, ce qui est un droit fondamental.
Baaba Maal
Senegal - Singer and Composer
It doesn’t matter where you live or where you came from everyone has the right to say #IBelong
Salif Traoré (Asalfo)
Côte d'Ivoire
Je m’engage pleinement à soutenir la cause de mettre fin à l’apatridie.
Angelique Kidjo
Benin - Singer/Songwriter
I believe everyone has the right to say #IBelong
Angelina Jolie
United States - UNHCR SPECIAL ENVOY
Ending statelessness would right these terrible wrongs.
Leymah Gbowee
Liberia - Nobel Peace laureate
Nationality gives every man, woman and child an equal chance in life.
Helen Clark
New Zealand - Administrator of UNDP
Ending statelessness is an important key to enabling human development progress.