Contribution to the European Union Seminar on the Content and Scope of International Protection: «The International Legal Framework Concerning Statelessness and Access for Stateless Persons». Organized by the General Directorate on Immigration and Foreigners of the Spanish Ministry of Internal Affairs. Madrid, 8 9 January 2002. Contribution by Carol A. Batchelor, Senior Legal Officer Statelessness, Department of International Protection, UNHCR.