Statements and speeches
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Youth and the MDGs
16 September 2005
<p>I am honoured to be here tonight and also to be your keynote speaker. I am proud to say that I was, am, and will continue to be, a youth advocate. Fortunately, you don’t have to be young to stand up for young people's human rights!</p>
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Remarks Prepared by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for the Interactive Round Table on the Agenda of the 2005 World Summit
14 September 2005
<p>We are here to discuss the agenda of the World Summit, and I have three points to make.</p>
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Launch of Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
12 September 2005
<p>On the eve of the World Summit, we are gathered here today in recognition of the urgent need to assist countries in helping women and children survive.</p>
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Second Regular Session of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA
07 September 2005
It is a pleasure for me to address this second regular session of the Executive Board and it is an honour to lead, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund during this momentous time.
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HIV/AIDS: Feminization of the Epidemic
31 August 2005
<p>I am pleased to be able to join you by video. I should like to thank AusAID, the Australian Agency for International Development, for inviting me to share a few opening remarks at the start of this important symposium.</p>
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International Youth Day 2005
12 August 2005
<p>Today as the world commemorates International Youth Day, we have an opportunity to look at the situation of young people and focus on the quality of their lives.</p>
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Mainstreaming Sexual and Reproductive Health Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality
29 July 2005
<p>I am pleased to represent UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, at this round table. There is a real sense of urgency as we count down to 2015.</p>
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Joint Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Louis Michel on World Population Day 2005*
11 July 2005
<p>“Equal rights for men and women are a basic condition for development, as essential in education and access to work as it is in the provision of health services.</p>
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Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2005
11 July 2005
<p>Sixty years ago, the founders of the United Nations proclaimed their determination to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to reaffirm faith in human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.</p>
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World Population Day Message from Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
11 July 2005
<p class="bodytext">This World Population Day is an occasion to stress the empowering effect of gender equality, and the fact that respect for this human right benefits everyone -- men, women, boys and girls alike.</p>
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ECOSOC Dialogue with UNDG Executive Heads
11 July 2005
<p>I am very pleased to join you at this dialogue, with my ExCom colleagues. UNFPA is fully committed to working in close partnership with the ExCom, and the wider UN Development Group. We see ourselves as champions of UN reform.</p>
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Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA
21 June 2005
<p>It is a pleasure for me to address this Annual Session of the Executive Board, and it is an honour to be leading this dynamic organization, which is at the forefront of positive change.</p>
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