Statements and speeches
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A renewed Call to Action on SRHR-HIV linkages Advancing towards universal health coverage
23 July 2018
INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE 2018 - Amsterdam Remarks of Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund Good morning! Excellencies, First Lady Madame…
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Young People at the Centre
20 July 2018
When I talk to young people, I tell them you are the U in UNFPA. If we want to live up to the ideals of the UN Charter, if we want to achieve the Sustainable Develoment Goals and if we want to build peace, then we have to put young people at the center. We have to embrace young people as equal partners on this journey together.
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Message of Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 2018
18 July 2018
Today, on Nelson Mandela International Day, I hope that his legacy of equality and dignity will continue to inspire the world community, and will serve to guide future generations in the quest for social justice.
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Family planning is a human right
06 July 2018
Fifty years ago, the world declared that “parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children,” at the United Nations International Conference on Human Rights in Tehran, on 13 May 1968.
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Joint Statement by Pramila Patten and Natalia Kanem on the urgent need for more support for Rohingya refugees
18 June 2018
Based on observations from our recent visits to the refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar District of Bangladesh, we call on the international community to urgently step up its efforts to help all Rohingya refugees in confronting their ordeal.
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Statement of the Executive Director to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2018
05 June 2018
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS 2018.
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UNFPA STATEMENT ON PERSONNEL RELEASE IN AFGHANISTAN
24 May 2018
UNITED NATIONS, New York—At UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, we welcome the release of our colleague, Zarmina Zafar, and her son, who were abducted in Kabul in January.
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Leaving no one behind: Let us commit to ending fistula now!
23 May 2018
Pregnancy and childbirth should be among the happiest of occasions in a woman’s life. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many of the world’s poorest and most marginalized women.
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Statement for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2018
17 May 2018
On this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, stands with all members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities worldwide.
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Statement of the Executive Director to the Commission on Population and Development
09 April 2018
Opening statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the 51st session of the Commission on Population and Development on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration.
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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem welcomes release of girls abducted from Dapchi, Nigeria
21 March 2018
I am happy to learn of today’s release of some of the girls who had been abducted by insurgents in Dapchi, Nigeria. Like their families and community, I am deeply concerned about their physical and emotional well-being after their ordeal.
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Actions and commitments by UNFPA on sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse
13 March 2018
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has zero tolerance for sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. This policy is strictly enforced.
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