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  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Statement

Statement on the United States Decision to Again Withhold Funding from UNFPA

UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, notes with regret the determination by the United States of America to withhold funds from UNFPA for the third consecutive year.…

Statement on the United States Decision to Again Withhold Funding from UNFPA

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  • 11 Jul 2019
  • Statement

The Secretary-General's Message on World Population Day

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the world’s blueprint for a better future for all on a healthy planet.  On World Population Day, we recognize that this mission is closely interrelated…

The Secretary-General's Message on World Population Day

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the world’s blueprint for a better future for all on a healthy planet.  On World…

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  • 11 Jul 2019
  • Statement

Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future.

Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was reaffirmed in 1994 in Cairo at the landmark International Conference on Population…

Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand…

Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was reaffirmed in…

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  • 06 Jul 2019
  • Speech

Celebration of 50th Anniversary of UNFPA and ICPD25 on eve of 12th Extraordinary Session of the African Union

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of UNFPA and ICPD25 on the eve of the 12th Extraordinary Session of the African Union on the African…

Celebration of 50th Anniversary of UNFPA and ICPD25 on eve of 12th…

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of UNFPA and ICPD25 on the eve…

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  • 13 Jun 2019
  • Statement

JOINT STATEMENT: Hormonal contraceptive methods and HIV acquisition in women

WHO, UNAIDS and UNFPA welcome the results  of a large clinical research study known as the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) study that was conducted in four African…

JOINT STATEMENT: Hormonal contraceptive methods and HIV acquisition in women

WHO, UNAIDS and UNFPA welcome the results  of a large clinical research study known as the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and…

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  • 03 Jun 2019
  • Speech

Statement of the Executive Director to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2019

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS 2019.

Statement of the Executive Director to the Annual Session of the Executive…

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS…

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  • 31 May 2019
  • Statement

JOINT STATEMENT: 1 UN for Family Leave and Childcare

We, the Heads of UNICEF, UN WOMEN, UNDP and UNFPA, representing over 37,000 UN staff members under the United Nations Common System, are committed to strong gender-responsive, family-friendly…

JOINT STATEMENT: 1 UN for Family Leave and Childcare

We, the Heads of UNICEF, UN WOMEN, UNDP and UNFPA, representing over 37,000 UN staff members under the United Nations Common…

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  • 17 May 2019
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 17 May 2019

Human rights are inherent to all human beings, and every person, without distinction, is entitled to a life free from violence, persecution, discrimination and stigma.

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International…

Human rights are inherent to all human beings, and every person, without distinction, is entitled to a life free from violence,…

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  • 15 May 2019
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 23 May 2019

Shame, isolation and segregation are among the indignities faced by the hundreds of thousands of women and girls worldwide who suffer from obstetric fistula, an injury of the birth canal after…

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International…

Shame, isolation and segregation are among the indignities faced by the hundreds of thousands of women and girls worldwide who…

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