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Work Presentation 5pm_________________________Sat 18th December 2004
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Universal Embassy

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Universal Embassy highlights the urgent situation of 'personnes sans
papiers' (people without papers), and tries to help them overcome
their social isolation. In 2001 the former Somalian Embassy in
Brussels was squatted by 'personnes sans papiers' after Somalia lost
state-status as a result of severe civil war in that country.
Universal Embassy brings together individuals who suffer the
discrimination of not belonging to a nation. Universal Embassy
appoints its own diplomats and produces its own Universal passports.
Mohamed Benzaouia is the first person to obtain a Belgian passport
through the Universal Embassy, and he will tell his and the Embassy's
story.

Mohamed Benzaouia and Kobe Matthys present the Universal Embassy,
Brussels.

http://www.universal-embassy.be


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