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)
4. Presentations
- Update on Statelessness in West Africa - Ms. Emmanuelle Mitte, Senior Regional Protection Officer (Statelessness), UNHCR Regional Office for West Africa
- Solution integrée 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 régissant l'éradication 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 Türk, 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
- Republic of Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
- Republic of The Gambia
- Republic of Ghana
- Republic of Guinea
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- Republic of Liberia
- Republic of Mali
- Republic of Niger
- Republic of Nigeria
- Republic of Senegal
- Republic of Sierra Leone
- Togolese Republic
10. Videos
Speech by Ms. Maya Sahli Fadel, Commissioner, African Commission for Human and People's Rights
Video UNHCR "Stateless Children"