Statements and speeches
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Statement by the Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on the climate crisis
03 November 2021
The global humanitarian community calls on world leaders at the climate summit to prioritize the most vulnerable and at-risk countries and communities. Members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee…
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Statement by UNFPA
15 October 2021
UNFPA is aware of the audio recordings circulating on social media that call into question the impartiality of the United Nations humanitarian response in Ethiopia.
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl
11 October 2021
Girls are born with power. Every girl has within her possibilities that should flourish as she moves into adulthood, shaping her future and, with it, the world. We see examples of this everywhere, in…
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High-Level Meeting to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
22 September 2021
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem during Roundtable 1, "Reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent", at the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
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Statement of the Executive Director at the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
13 September 2021
Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates In Afghanistan, every two hours a woman dies from pregnancy-related complications; every two hours a motherless child is born. As a…
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Statement of the Executive Director to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board 2021
31 August 2021
Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Executive Board, Colleagues and friends, I am pleased to be here with you for this Second Regular Session of the Executive Board. I thank the Board for…
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Statement of the Executive Director on the UNFPA Integrated Budget 2022-2025 at the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board 2021
31 August 2021
Madam President, distinguished delegates, This morning I laid out our ambitious vision and strategic direction for the next four years, the UNFPA Strategic Plan 2022-2025. The accompanying…
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) - AFGHANISTAN
18 August 2021
The people of Afghanistan need our support now more than ever. Our organizations are committed to helping and protecting them. We will stay in Afghanistan and we will deliver. At the start…
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The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan
16 August 2021
UNFPA joins the United Nations Secretary-General and the international community in expressing its deep concern about the grave humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. It is painful to witness the immense suffering caused by fighting and displacement, and particularly heartbreaking to learn of the devastating impact on women and girls.
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UNFPA welcomes new Permanent Forum of People of African Descent
04 August 2021
The United Nations General Assembly began building a bridge towards justice this week with its unanimous decision to establish a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent. No country in the world has yet uprooted the deep systems of racial inequity burdening communities of African descent – the result of centuries of discrimination, dispossession and enslavement.
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Speech by Ignacio Pareja Amador, General Director of DIGEPO, 2021 United Nations Population Award
15 July 2021
I want to start by saying thank you; a big thank you to the UN Population Award Committee for acknowledging DIGEPO's work with the most prestigious recognition in terms of population in the world.…
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Speech by Hassane Haousseize Zouera, Police Commissaire of Niger, 2021 United Nations Population Award
15 July 2021
The population award in the Individual category which Niger has won through my modest person is the fruit of a teamwork of women and men who, nights and days, work tirelessly to watch over the social and security well-being of the population of Niger in general, and of women and children in particular.
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