Statements and speeches
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52nd Session of the Commission on Population and Development
05 April 2019
Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the closing session of the 52nd Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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52nd session of the Commission on Population and Development
02 April 2019
Opening remarks of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 52nd session of the Commission on Population and Development
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UNFPA Statement on the Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand
15 March 2019
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is deeply saddened and horrified by the senseless killing of worshipers at two mosques in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand.
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, on the Ethiopian Airlines Crash
11 March 2019
United Nations, New York, 11 March 2019 —On behalf of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, I offer my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines…
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International Women’s Day 2019
08 March 2019
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem Women and innovation: a blueprint for rights and choices Everywhere, new technologies and innovations are transforming the way we…
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Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030
06 February 2019
Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she endured then continues to cause her pain today, 19 years later. It has made giving birth to each of her five children an excruciating and harrowing experience.
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Statement of the Executive Director to the First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2019
23 January 2019
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the First Regular Session of the 2019 Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS.
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Human Rights Day 2018
10 December 2018
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day 2018
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Annual High-Level Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund
07 December 2018
Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the annual High-Level Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund.
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
03 December 2018
More than 1 billion people live with a disability, and nearly 200 million are between the ages of 10 and 24. Yet young people with disabilities are often invisible in statistics, excluded from education and health services, and discriminated against in their own communities.
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Statement on the situation in Bentiu, South Sudan
03 December 2018
In the past 12 days, more than 150 women and girls have sought assistance after suffering sexual violence, including rape, near Bentiu in South Sudan. We echo the statement of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan condemning these abhorrent attacks.
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World AIDS Day 2018
01 December 2018
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2018
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