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Africa's Countries Reaffirm World Population Consensus
11 June 2004
<p> <b>DAKAR</b> – All African countries today reaffirmed their strong commitment to the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, stressing that the Millennium Development Goals cannot be achieved unless the Cairo Programme is fully implemented.</p>
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African Experts Meet to Strengthen Efforts Related to Population, Poverty, HIV/AIDS and Maternal Deaths
07 June 2004
<p> <b>DAKAR</b>—More than 400 African experts today began a four-day meeting in Dakar, with the aim of strengthening the implementation of the 1992 Dakar/Ngor Declaration and the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development.</p>
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Married Adolescents Ignored In Global Agenda, Says UNFPA
04 June 2004
<p> <b>WASHINGTON, D.C.</b>—Leaders from UNFPA, the Population Council, the Government of Senegal and the International Center for Research on Women met today to address the neglected issue of child marriage.</p>
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Pacific Countries Agree on Plan to Secure Reproductive Health Commodities
24 May 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>— A Plan of Action on Reproductive Health Commodity Security, recently adopted by a group of Pacific countries, underscores the importance of reproductive health supplies for saving lives and improving health.</p>
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Cultural Sensitivity Key to Development, New Report Shows
18 May 2004
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Development efforts stand greater chances of succeeding when they are presented to beneficiaries in a culturally sensitive manner and built on open dialogue and community involvement, according to a new report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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Reproductive Health Essential to World Development, Nations Say Unanimously
10 May 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>—The implementation of the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) makes an essential contribution towards achieving the world’s development goals, including those in the Millennium Declaration.</p>
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Women Suffer Brunt of Conflict in Western Sudan, UNFPA Warns
04 May 2004
<p> <b>KHARTOUM</b>—Continuing violence and displacement in the Darfur region of western Sudan are having devastating consequences for hundreds of thousands of women and girls, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warned this week after a UN <a href="http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/9ef960f279b949af85256e89004f5e82?OpenDocument" target="_blank">humanitarian assessment team</a> visited the region.</p>
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Demographer John Caldwell and the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital Win 2004 United Nations Population Award
26 April 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – Internationally acclaimed demographer, John C. Caldwell, and the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, a pioneer in the treatment of childbirth injuries, have won the 2004 United Nations Population Award.</p>
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Youth Leaders Advise UNFPA on their Generation's Rights and Needs
20 April 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – A group of young people from around the world will advise UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the best ways to recognize and promote the rights and needs of youth within national development plans.</p>
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UNFPA Sends Emergency Medical Supplies for Sudanese Refugees
02 April 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has dispatched supplies for safe childbirth, blood transfusion equipment, medications to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases and other medical provisions to protect the reproductive health of thousands of Sudanese displaced by ongoing fighting in the western region of Darfur.</p>
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Emergency UNFPA airlift arrives in Haiti
26 March 2004
<p> <b>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti</b> – An airlift of emergency medical supplies from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has arrived in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.</p>
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Developing World, European Union Recommit To Help Cairo Consensus Boost Millennium Development Goals
22 March 2004
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – Developing countries and the European Union have expressed strong recommitments to the principles, objectives and goals of the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).</p>
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