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Young and Rubicam Takes on UK Campaign to End Fistula
04 November 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — The London office of the award-winning advertising agency Young & Rubicam is giving its creative services to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for the <a href="http://www.endfistula.org/" target="_blank">Campaign to End Fistula</a>.</p>
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UNFPA Head Asks World Leaders, Security Council To Act Against Gender Violence, Degrading Treatment Of Women
28 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — The Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, has urged world leaders and the United Nations Security Council to condemn and act against systematic rape and all forms of degrading treatment of women during conflicts and to help rehabilitate victims physically and mentally.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes EU Emphasis on Links Between Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health Investments
27 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has welcomed today’s meeting of European Union (EU) development cooperation ministers, which reaffirmed reproductive health and rights as central to efforts to combat poverty.</p>
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UNFPA Signs Agreement for Closer Partnership With Group of Developing Countries
25 October 2004
<p> <b>BRUSSELS/UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States today signed an agreement to strengthen their partnership to curb reproductive health problems, including HIV/AIDS, reduce poverty and promote development in 79 ACP developing countries.</p>
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Parliamentarians Urge Countries to Promote and Defend Reproductive Health and Rights
19 October 2004
<p> <b>STRASBOURG, France</b> — Lawmakers from around the world today called for greater action by countries to “defend the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all individuals” at a conference here.</p>
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Parliamentary Meeting on Reproductive Health Opens in Strasbourg
18 October 2004
<p> <b>STRASBOURG, France</b> — A global Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action began today in Strasbourg, France.</p>
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United Nations Marks Cairo Population, Development Consensus
14 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — The General Assembly is today marking the tenth anniversary of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which adopted a consensus 20-year plan to provide access to reproductive health, reduce maternal deaths, promote women’s rights and help reduce poverty.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes New European Contribution to Secure Reproductive Health Supplies
14 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — The European Union will give $75 million this year to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to provide reproductive health supplies needed by developing countries.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes World Leaders' Support for Cairo Consensus
13 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — A statement by world leaders reaffirming support for the action plan of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) will give an important boost to national implementation and overall development efforts, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, said today.</p>
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International Migration Recognized as Development Force
12 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>—International migration is increasingly being perceived as a development tool and a main source of capital for developing countries, rather than a failure of development.</p>
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Campaign to End Fistula Now Active in 30 Countries
12 October 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — A new web site for the global Campaign to End Fistula, a tragic childbirth injury that affects at least 2 million women in developing countries, was launched today.</p>
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MEDIA ADVISORY: World Marks 10th Anniversary of Cairo Consensus on Population and Development
07 October 2004
UNITED NATIONS, New York—United Nations Member States will hold a special one-day General Assembly meeting and other events to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994).
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