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The INA "Evolutio" in the framework of cooperation with the UNHCR hold informational meetings with the students of the law faculties and legal clinics of the regional universities of Belarus. On 10 October such kind of event was organized in Vitebsk.

Jean-Yves Bouchardy, UNHCR Representative in the Republic of Belarus, Viktor Shadursky, Head of the Observation Board of the INA "Evolutio" and Dean of the Faculty of International Relations of BSU, Sergey Motorov, dean of the Faculty of Social Pedagogics and Psychology of Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov and Alexander Bochkov, dean of the Law faculty of Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov, spoke at the opening ceremony.

J.-Y. Bouchardy noted the importance of informational meetings with students, stressing the relevance of these topics for future lawyers. S. Motorov and A. Bochkov expressed hope for further cooperation of their respective faculties with UNHCR in organizing joint events. V. Shadursky cited examples, which only confirmed the importance of such issue as statelessness, and expressed confidence that the meeting would be useful and interesting for students.

Legal adviser of the UNHCR Office in the Republic of Belarus Timofey Solodkov told students about the UNHCR mandate and the priorities of organization in Belarus and in the world.

The legal adviser of the Vitebsk office of the Refugee Counseling Service Sviatoslav Galaliuk explained to the students the legal aspects of the concept of “refugee”, the situation with refugees in Vitebsk region and spoke about her work in the Refugee Counseling Service.

Then Ekaterina Novitskaya, a PI specialist at the INA “Evolutio”, presented the activities of our organization in an interactive form, and also introduced students to the basic terms on the issues of refugees and statelessness. At the same time UNHCR representatives and V. Shadursky held a meeting with the representatives of the Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov, including its rector Alexey Egorov.

The event ended with an intellectual quiz-storm for students on such topics as tolerance, forced migration, statelessness and the mandate of UNHCR. The game was held by Dmitry Belko, the INA "Evolutio" specialist. The winners were the team “Ekipaz”, which consisted ofYaroslav Golyzov, Kirill Osipenko , Elena Leonova, Victoria Kireeva, Anastasia Doroshkevich, Veronika Konoplich, Sergey Ananiev, Diana Avhuneva and Sofia Solovieva.