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UNFPA Response to Reports of Peru Sterilizations
26 July 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - In order to clarify any misunderstandings based on old and often rejected allegations attempting to link the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to reports of forced sterilization in Peru, the Fund finds it necessary to reiterate that it did not support coercion in Peru or anywhere else.</p>
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UN Population Fund Welcomes European Union Pledge of €32 Million for Reproductive Health in 22 Countries
24 July 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) welcomes the announcement made today by the European Commission to strengthen its support for sexual and reproductive health in 22 developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.</p>
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UNFPA Expresses Regret at U.S. Decision Not to Grant it Funding
22 July 2002
<p class="bodytext">UNITED NATIONS, New York — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today said a decision by President Bush not to grant it the $34 million dollars appropriated by Congress for 2002 will cost thousands of women and children their lives.</p>
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Communities in Crisis at High Risk of AIDS, Experts Stress
16 July 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - People uprooted by conflict, living in extreme poverty or caught in disaster's wake face a much greater risk of being infected with HIV, UN and NGO experts told a meeting here on Monday.</p>
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Step up HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts that Work, United Nations Population Fund Urges
09 July 2002
<p> <b>BARCELONA</b>—Much more must be done to enable young people and women to protect themselves against HIV infection, Suman Mehta, HIV/AIDS Coordinator for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said at the XIV International AIDS Conference here.</p>
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UN Population Fund And IFRC Will Work To Make Pregnancy and Childbirth Safer in Disaster Situations
20 June 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> -- Refugee women's need for safe birthing and reproductive health care is a critical humanitarian issue that calls for stepped up relief efforts and cooperation, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said today in statements as they marked World Refugee Day by agreeing to boost cooperation in this area.</p>
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Overcoming War's Devastating Health Legacy in Africa's Great Lakes Region
17 June 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>Geneva</b> -- Decades of violence, war and civil strife have had a disastrous impact on women and men's reproductive health, international experts on refugees and health noted today.</p>
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Countries Must Ensure Access to Reproductive Health Supplies, Experts Stress
13 June 2002
<p> <b>Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire</b> - Governments in developing countries should do everything possible to secure the supply of reproductive health essentials, and to strengthen policies and laws ensuring access to such commodities.</p>
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UNFPA Says Women Should be Empowered to Reduce Hunger
12 June 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>--At a global meeting on food security, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today urged the international community to take practical steps to reduce poverty and hunger.</p>
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UN Population Fund Delivers Lifesaving Equipment to Kabul Maternity Hospitals
31 May 2002
<p> <b>KABUL</b>-- Essential medical equipment and supplies, valued at over $200,000, were delivered to two of Kabul's two principal maternity care facilities this week.</p>
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Secretary-General Appoints Nafis Sadik of Pakistan as His Special Envoy For HIV/AIDS in Asia
24 May 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> (from UN Department of Public of Information) -- The Secretary-General announced today that he is giving Nafis Sadik, his Special Adviser, additional responsibilities as Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia.</p>
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UNFPA To Replace Condoms Shipped To Tanzania
11 May 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will replace a shipment of condoms intended for use in Tanzania, after a laboratory in the United States found defects in samples submitted for testing.</p>
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