Statements and speeches
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Countdown 2015 Global Roundtable - Closing Statement
02 September 2004
<p class="bodytext">Dear friends and colleagues, what an extraordinary three days we’ve had! Thank you, Amy, Jill and Steve, and to all the organizers for allowing me to help wrap up this invigorating and very productive global round table.</p>
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Countdown 2015 Global Roundtable
31 August 2004
<p> <b>LONDON</b>—Good morning. Thank you Jill for the kind introduction. It is my great pleasure to be here today with all of you.</p>
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Statement at the 30th Session of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - Sessional Ad-Hoc Committee on Population and Development
29 July 2004
<p>I would like to start by extending my warm thanks to the people and the Government of Puerto Rico for hosting this very important meeting.</p>
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Statement at the XV International AIDS Conference
14 July 2004
<p> <b>BANGKOK</b>-It is a great honour to address all of you at the 15th International AIDS Conference in this wonderful and amazing city of Bangkok. I would like to pay tribute to all of you participating in this event—especially those of you who are living with HIV/AIDS. Together and individually you have taken many important steps. You have been courageous in speaking out, and progress has been made.</p>
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Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2004
11 July 2004
<p>Today as we celebrate World Population Day, we also celebrate the 10th anniversary of the historic International Conference on Population and Development.</p>
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Statement at the 2004 UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board Special Event Panel Discussion
21 June 2004
<p>I am very pleased to be here with all of you. I would like to thank you for coming today to discuss different aspects of the historic and visionary Cairo agenda on population and development.</p>
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Regional Ministerial Review Dakar/Ngor Declaration and Cairo @ 10
11 June 2004
<p>It is a great honour to be with you here in Dakar, the capital of the famous land of teranga. Twelve years ago, African countries met in this beautiful city of Dakar and worked tirelessly to formulate, debate and adopt by consensus the Dakar/Ngor Declaration.</p>
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High Level Global Consultation on Linking HIV/AIDS with Sexual and Reproductive Health
07 June 2004
<p class="bodytext">Today, I want to be very practical. I want to answer the question: Why should we link HIV/AIDS with sexual and reproductive health.</p>
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Child Marriage: Advancing the Global Agenda
04 June 2004
<p>Good morning. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this panel on child marriage. Before I begin, I would like to say how sad I am that the Global Health Council lost its funding partly because of the participation of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in this year’s programme.</p>
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Statement on the occasion of the International Day of Families
15 May 2004
<p>Today, as we commemorate the International Day of Families, we also mark the tenth anniversary of the 1994 International Year of the Family.</p>
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Speak Truth to Power - United Nations: Listening to the Silent Voice of Mothers of the World
09 May 2004
<p>Thank you, Latika, for the introduction. It is amazing, as Latika has said, that two young women, one a Hindu from India and the other from Muslim Saudi Arabia met 31 years ago and established a sisterhood of the spirit that remains since then, despite the passage of time, and geography.</p> <p> </p>
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United Nations Commission on Population and Development
06 May 2004
<p>The closing ceremony of the 37th session of the Commission on Population and Development comes nearly seven weeks later than we had anticipated.</p>
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