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Days Before World Convenes on Migration, UNFPA to Launch Report on Women, Youth, International Migration
05 September 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Women are half of all international migrants, but their rights and concerns are largely ignored, says a forthcoming report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Days Before World Convenes on Migration, UNFPA to Launch Report on Women, Youth, International Migration
31 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, expresses its deep concern about recent reports of delays at Israeli checkpoints of women in labour, which have resulted in forced roadside births, and even death of some women and infants.</p>
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Pregnant Women Must Get Urgent Access to Health Care in Occupied Palestinian Territory, Says UNFPA
30 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Women are half of all international migrants, but their rights and concerns are largely ignored, says a forthcoming report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Countries Failing to Deliver to HIV-Positive Pregnant Women
18 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>TORONTO</strong> — Despite all of the discussions of scaling up treatment at the <a href="http://www.aids2006.org/" target="_blank">XVI International AIDS Conference</a> in Toronto, pregnant women remain one of the most poorly served of all HIV-positive populations, warn experts with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Condoms Still Out in the Cold at Toronto AIDS Conference
16 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>TORONTO</strong> — “Prevention” and “new technologies” are the buzzwords at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, but UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling attention to the fact that millions of people still lack access to the most basic and available preventive method of all—the male and female condom.</p>
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At AIDS Conference, UNFPA to Highlight Increased Feminization of HIV/AIDS; Dismal Lack of Prevention, Treatment for Pregnant Women
11 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — As the world prepares for the <a href="http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=833" target="_blank">XVI International AIDS Conference</a> in Toronto, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warns that it is time to deliver universal access to prevention, treatment and support for women and girls living with or threatened by HIV/AIDS. The Conference’s theme is, “Time to Deliver”.</p>
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Recent Tsunami Survivors in West Java Still Lack Reproductive Health Care, Team Finds
11 August 2006
<p align="left" class="bodytext"> <strong>CIAMIS, West Java, Indonesia</strong> — Survivors of last month’s tsunami here still lack access to basic needs and health care, and many have to rely on the generosity of communities near their temporary shelters, a team of specialists reports.</p>
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Photographic Exhibition "Chasing the Dream" Opens in Toronto at the XVI International AIDS Conference
10 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>NEW YORK</strong>—For millions of impoverished young people living all over the world, freedom from want is the stuff that only dreams are made of. CHASING THE DREAM: YOUTH FACES OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, is a one-of-a-kind photo exhibit that features the lives of eight young people told in their own words.</p>
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The XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto
10 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong>—As the world marks 25 years of AIDS, representatives from international agencies, non-governmental organizations and the scientific community will gather in Toronto to review progress made since the epidemic began to unfold in the early 1980s.</p>
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European Commission to Support UNFPA Reproductive Health Camps in Nepal Conflict Zones
08 August 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>KATHMANDU, Nepal</strong> — Nepalis deprived of lifesaving reproductive health care during the country’s decade-long civil conflict will soon have access to treatment in special camps organized by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, with support from the European Commission.</p>
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UNFPA Asks Donors for $6.2 Million to Meet Emergency Health Needs of Civilians Displaced by Conflict in Lebanon
24 July 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>NEW YORK/BEIRUT</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is requesting $6.2 million from international donors to help address the urgent humanitarian concerns of displaced and otherwise war-affected populations in Lebanon and Syria over the next three months.</p>
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UNFPA Sends Emergency Health Supplies to Alleviate Crisis in Lebanon, Calls for Protection of Civilians
21 July 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — As the humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is shipping supplies to help protect the health of women and their families.</p>
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