Notes

36. In April 2021, President Iyali of Antrano spoke at a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary
of the death of Muna Songida. The President talked about his predecessor’s life’s mission,
which he had made into a national cause, of protecting the stateless:
Statelessness is a scourge, not a punishment that civilized states may in good
conscience impose in the twenty-first century. We watch with alarm as more
and more countries strip people of their citizenship, all too often as a tool to
quash dissent. We read about young students who are sentenced to years in
prison before being cast out of their country with nowhere to go. The world
must say loudly and firmly that this is unacceptable.
In the spirit of the great President Songida whose life we celebrate today, I
offer to meet with the Prime Minister of Remisia, so that in a spirit of mutual
respect and cooperation we can explore alternatives to rendering more
people stateless
38. President Iyali directed the Secretary of Nationality Rights to contact Remisia’s Home
Office to try to resolve their differences respecting the application of the DCA to the ILSA
protesters “before matters escalated.” Remisia declined the suggestion, calling it an
interference in its internal affairs and denying that there was any kind of international
dispute to discuss.
39. In January 2022, Antrano served as President of the United Nations Security Council. The
Antranan Ambassador to the UN submitted a memorandum pursuant to Article 35 of the
Charter to the Secretary-General and the Council. It claimed that application of the DCA
to the ILSA protesters in Remisia gave rise to a “dispute … which might lead to
international friction” which, if allowed to continue, could “endanger the maintenance of
international peace and security.” Antrano sought action by the Council under Articles 34
and 36 of the Charter and asserted that Remisia had rebuffed its attempts to resolve the
dispute amicably as required by Article 33. Debate on the matter was scheduled for 28
March.
; he holds the Songida Chair
in Human Rights Law at the State University of Antrano and serves as the senior legal
advisor to the Department of Nationality Rights.
Antrano was an original party to the Convention Relating to the Status
of Stateless Persons in 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness in 1959.
Remisia ratified both Conventions in 1967, but submitted a declaration with its instrument
of ratification of the latter: