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Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem during the UNGA 2023 Side Event on Sustainable Financing for Family Planning
19 September 2023
Excellencies, distinguished special guests and very dear friends. We are most grateful for your presence. Today, UNFPA is very proud - we are proud to join together with the Global…
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Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem during the 'Renewing the Promise for Women, Children and Adolescents' High-level event on the occasion of the 78th UN General Assembly
18 September 2023
Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem during the 'Renewing the Promise for Women, Children and Adolescents' High-level event on the occasion of the 78th UN General Assembly, 18 September 2023 at UNICEF House, New York.
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Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem during the SDG Action Weekend Closing Plenary
17 September 2023
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Dear colleagues, dear friends, dear young people, It’s a pleasure here with you at the end of an incredible day of commitment and energy. As the Secretary-General reminded us yesterday: “The SDGs are not about checking boxes. They’re about the hopes, dreams, rights and expectations of people and the health of our natural environment.”
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Challenges and Prospects Ten Years After the 2013 Cairo Declaration
13 September 2023
Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Arab Regional Conference on Population and Development in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Caribbean Forum on Population and Development
04 September 2023
Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Caribbean Forum on Population and Development in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
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Women of African descent continue to carry the torch for justice amid longstanding inequities
29 August 2023
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for People of African Descent 2023
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Statement of the Executive Director to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board 2023
28 August 2023
Statement of the Executive Director to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board 2023, 10:00 a.m. on 28 August 2023 in New York.
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Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Humanitarian Day 2023
07 August 2023
Conflict and natural disasters are compounding the challenges and hardship faced by millions of people around the world, driving record levels of displacement and humanitarian need. UNFPA continues to deliver on our unwavering promise to leave no one behind, providing a lifeline of support for women and girls, who pay a steep price during humanitarian crises.
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Keynote address by Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 4th African Philanthropy Conference
04 August 2023
Keynote address by Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 4th African Philanthropy Conference
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World Population Day Statement 2023
05 July 2023
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, in observance of World Population Day 2023 (11 July)
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2023
13 June 2023
Sexual violence in conflict: a hidden crisis Conflict is on the rise. We see the images everywhere. Online and in the news. Sometimes even in our own communities. Soldiers with guns run in front of shattered buildings, along streets strewn with debris and the remains of human lives.
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Opening Remarks by Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress
12 June 2023
Opening Ceremony Remarks by Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress, Sunday, 11 June 2023.
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