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"In June 2012, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand and UNHCR launched a Handbook entitled “Thai Citizenship through Section 23 of the Nationality Act” to guide government officials, NGOs and stateless people through new procedures of acquiring citizenship." For more on UNHCR’s work on statelessness: www.unhcr.org/statelessness Photo Credit: UNHCR Thailand

"Myanmar refugee babies wait for birth registration in Thailand's Mae La camp. Under Thailand's amended Civil Registration Act, some 5,000 newborn refugees in Thailand's nine border refugee camps have received birth certificates, an important step to prevent statelessness." For more on UNHCR’s work: www.unhcr.org Photo Credit: UNHCR/Kibae Park-Media Studies, Humber College

Western Balkans- "Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, many Roma and members of other minorities risked becoming stateless because they had problems proving they were citizens of one of the successor States. Through legal aid programmes supported by UNHCR, 30,000 of them have been assisted with civil registration and to obtain vital identity documents." For more on UNHCR’s work on statelessness: www.unhcr.org/statelessness Photo Credit: UNHCR/N.Lukin

A worker gathers information from a woman and her child who have been displaced by on-going violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The collection of information from internally displaced persons (IDPs) about their history, areas of origin, family composition, and vulnerabilities assists in the planning and delivering of humanitarian assistance that is effective for those in need. UNOPS is implementing this project on behalf of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in collaboration…

This system will provide better access to social services and voting for more than 45 million citizens. UNOPS procured the goods necessary to produce over 100 million identity cards as part of this project, which is funded by the Government of Argentina.

Afghan border police check passengers crossing from Tajikistan as part of a project to improve border management in Afghanistan. The aim of the project is to contribute to the eradication of trafficking and smuggling of illegal narcotics, chemicals, arms and individuals by creating a fully functioning border control facility in the Takhar province. UNOPS is implementing this project on behalf of the Government of Japan.

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Jalalabad, Afghanistan: A group of Afghan girls learn how to sew as part of vocational training sponsored by UNODC. For more, visit: www.unodc.org.

Participants at a World Drug Day rally in Viet Nam. UNODC lead the global campaign to raise awareness about the major challenge that illicit drugs represent to society as a whole, and especially to the young. The goal of the campaign is to mobilize support and inspire people to act against drug use. For more, visit: www.unodc.org/drugs.

In Eastern Africa, UNODC is currently renovating or constructing ten prisons, five courtrooms, three police stations and two ministries of justice. This is part of the organizations work aimed at tackling piracy and supporting criminal justice institutions in the region. For more, visit www.unodc.org/piracy.

Thai police cadets embarked the first-ever training on ending violence against women and girls to increase their knowledge on the nature, extent, and seriousness on crimes perpetrated against women and show commitment as change agent towards ending the global pandemic. Photo: UN Women/Panya Janjira

Why do you think this woman is so happy? Because she received her National ID card on the first possible day for Egyptian women to receive identity cards as part of the Women’s Citizenship Initiative in the Banha District, Qalyoubia governorate, Egypt, 4 July 2012. Photo: UN Women/ Fatma Elzahraa Yassin

On a Wednesday in May 2012, inspired by snowballing social media discussions on sexual harassment in Egypt, a group of independent activists took the conversation to an offline public. They aimed to build support in Cairo and beyond, using the most simple of approaches: the country’s first ‘human chain’ against sexual harassment. Photo Credit: UN Women/Fatma Elzahraa Yassin

Pakhi Begum left Bangladesh for Dubai to work as a maid, only to find that her recruiter had sold her into domestic servitude. After months of hard labour and abuse she fell ill and was sent back to Bangladesh without being paid. UN Women has been working to protect the rights of women migrant workers in Bangladesh since 2005, partnering with government ministries. When the government established the country's first resource centre for migrant workers in 2009, UN Women ensured that it would…

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