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State Services Development Agency Holds a Summarizing Event to Discuss the Issues of Statelessness and Results of the Door-to-door Campaign
The goal of the joint event of the State Services Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was to discuss the progress achieved by Georgia in the field of statelessness and the results of ongoing campaigns in cooperation with UNHCR, which serve to identify and register stateless persons.
The event was opened by the First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, Tamar Tkeshelashvili, and Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Georgia, Kemlin Furley.
"It is gratifying that the measures implemented by Georgia in the field of statelessness are positively evaluated both within the country and on the international arena, and among European countries, Georgia occupies a leading position in this regard. It is important that over the last ten years, Georgia maintains a sharp decrease in the number of stateless persons, which ultimately ensures the documentation of all such persons in order to fully realize their rights", noted Tamar Tkeshelashvili and thanked UNHCR and the agency team for fruitful cooperation and achieved results.
Kemlin Furley highlighted the success achieved by Georgia in the field of statelessness, which brings the country's practice even closer to international standards.
Chairperson of the Agency, Ketevan Betlemidze, introduced in detail to the attending public the measures and future plans to reduce and prevent statelessness, as well as the activities carried out within the framework of the ongoing Door-to-door campaign in cooperation with UNHCR and their results.
The event was attended by representatives of the government administration, state agencies, the Parliament of Georgia, the Office of the Public Defender, and international and local organizations.