Statements and speeches
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World Population Day Statement 2021
11 July 2021
For some, it has led some to postponing childbearing. For others, disruptions in health care have led to unintended pregnancies.
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Support from France to safeguard health and lives of millions of women and girls
02 July 2021
The Government of France has announced its intention to contribute €90 million to the UNFPA Supplies Partnership — a flagship programme that provides modern contraceptives and life-saving maternal health medicines to countries with some of the highest maternal death rates in the world.
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Joint Statement on the Renewal of Humanitarian Lifeline to Millions of People in North-west Syria
18 June 2021
Millions of people are pressed up against the border in an active war zone in north-west Syria and remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive. The UN needs cross-border and cross-line access to…
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Statement of the Executive Director to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2021
10 June 2021
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS.
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UNFPA statement on the attack of the Sayed Ul-Shuhada high school, in Kabul, Afghanistan
10 May 2021
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, condemns the horrifying attack in Kabul, Afghanistan near the Sayed Ul-Shuhada high school, which killed and injured many school…
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Trust the evidence: invest in midwives
05 May 2021
Every day in every part of the world, midwives save the lives of women and babies and promote the health and well-being of entire communities.
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Statement on UK government funding cuts
28 April 2021
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has been informed that the Government of the United Kingdom intends to implement an approximate 85 per cent cut to UNFPA Supplies, the UNFPA flagship programme for family planning, this year.
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Closing remarks, 54th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
23 April 2021
Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the closing of the 54th Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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54th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
19 April 2021
Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the opening of the 54th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, 19 April 2021.
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After COVID-19, let’s build equitable health care systems and more resilient societies
07 April 2021
A healthier world is a fairer world. Today as we celebrate World Health Day, let us recall how much health has improved globally since the first time the day was marked over 70 years ago, even as we are reminded in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic just how fragile those gains can be.
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UNFPA statement on attacks in Palma, Mozambique
01 April 2021
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, joins other United Nations agencies in expressing its grave concerns regarding the heinous attacks in Palma district, Mozambique. The…
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The power to say yes, the right to say no,
29 March 2021
Guest lecture at the London School of Economics Hosted by the LSE Global Health Initiative
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