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  • 29 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, at the General Assembly ICPD30 Commemorative Event

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the informal plenary meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population…

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, at the General…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the informal plenary meeting of the General Assembly to…

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  • 26 Apr 2024
  • Media Advisory

Countries agree to accelerate action to implement historic plan on population and development, and boost progress towards the SDGs

Human well-being has significantly improved over the past three decades. Life expectancy has risen globally from 64.5 years in 1994 to 73.7 years in 2024. Poverty declined from nearly 34 per cent of…

Countries agree to accelerate action to implement historic plan on population…

Human well-being has significantly improved over the past three decades. Life expectancy has risen globally from 64.5 years in…

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  • 17 Apr 2024
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia

Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal…

Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights

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  • 17 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. (Check against delivery.)

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024 at the Palais…

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  • 16 Apr 2024
  • Press Release

New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health has mostly ignored the most marginalized communities

Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited…

New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health…

Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred…

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  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African…

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  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Press Release

“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100 countries reaffirm commitment to universal sexual and reproductive health and rights.

At the eighth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries issued a forward-looking inclusive declaration confirming their commitment to…

“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100…

At the eighth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries issued a…

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  • 13 Apr 2024
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches one year mark

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered one of the world’s worst hunger crises, with 1.2 million pregnant and…

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches…

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered…

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  • 10 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Keynote address by the Executive Director at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation

Keynote address by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI) in Oslo, Norway.

Keynote address by the Executive Director at the 8th International…

Keynote address by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the…

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