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  • 22 Jun 2001
  • Press Release

Prevention is Centrepiece of UN Population Fund's Response to HIV/AIDS, Says New Booklet for UN Special Session

<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - With millions more newly infected with HIV every year - 5.3 million in 2000 - the United Nations Population Fund (…

Prevention is Centrepiece of UN Population Fund's Response to HIV/AIDS,…

<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - With millions more newly infected with HIV…

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  • 06 Jun 2001
  • Press Release

Rotary, UNFPA to Cooperate on Population, Development Issues

<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid, and the President of Rotary…

Rotary, UNFPA to Cooperate on Population, Development Issues

<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The Executive Director of the United Nations…

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  • 16 May 2001
  • Statement

Statement at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr President, Since this is my first address to a United Nations conference at the global level, perhaps I may be allowed to introduce myself. I am Thoraya Ahmed Obaid of Saudi Arabia, and the…

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  • 11 May 2001
  • Press Release

Dr. Nafis Sadik and Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning win 2001 United Nations Population Award

<p class="bodytext"> <b>NEW YORK</b> - Dr. Nafis Sadik, former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Japanese Organization for…

Dr. Nafis Sadik and Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in…

<p class="bodytext"> <b>NEW YORK</b> - Dr. Nafis Sadik, former Executive Director of the United…

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  • 03 May 2001
  • Statement

"Securing Contraceptives, and Condoms for HIV/AIDS Prevention", Statement at the opening of the Global Meeting on Meeting the Reproductive Health Challenge, in Istanbul.

I am very happy to join all of you here today. Meeting reproductive health supply needs is a key element of the global effort to improve people’s lives by protecting their reproductive and sexual…

"Securing Contraceptives, and Condoms for HIV/AIDS Prevention",…

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  • 03 May 2001
  • Press Release

Nearly $1 Billion Needed for Family Planning Supplies and Condoms For HIV/AIDS Prevention, Says UNFPA’s Executive Director

<p class="bodytext"> <b>Istanbul</b> - Funding required for contraceptive commodities for family planning and condoms for preventing sexually transmitted infections,…

Nearly $1 Billion Needed for Family Planning Supplies and Condoms For HIV/AIDS…

<p class="bodytext"> <b>Istanbul</b> - Funding required for contraceptive commodities for family…

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  • 27 Apr 2001
  • Statement

Statement at the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases, in Abuja, Nigeria.

President Obasanjo; Mr. Chairman; Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; distinguished delegates; ladies and gentlemen: It is an honour for me to address a conference of the OAU, for the first…

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  • 27 Apr 2001
  • Press Release

Stronger Prevention Effort Needed to Halt HIV/AIDS, UN Population Fund Executive Director Tells African Summit

<p class="bodytext"> <b>ABUJA, Nigeria</b> - A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director…

Stronger Prevention Effort Needed to Halt HIV/AIDS, UN Population Fund…

<p class="bodytext"> <b>ABUJA, Nigeria</b> - A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection…

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  • 17 Apr 2001
  • Press Release

UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Waris Dirie, Wins Award

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK</b> – The United Nations Population Fund’s Goodwill Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, Waris Dirie, has been honoured by a…

UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Waris Dirie, Wins Award

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK</b> – The United Nations Population Fund’s Goodwill Ambassador for the…

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