Statements and speeches
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Demographics, HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health: Implications for the Achievement of the MDGs
02 February 2005
<p>It is my pleasure and honour to join you today to discuss the very important topic of demographics, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and their implications for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).</p>
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UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board First Regular Session 2005
25 January 2005
<p>It is with a sense of excitement, but also humility, that I come to this first session of the Executive Board of 2005, which is also the first session in my second term as Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Gender Mainstreaming
20 January 2005
<p>It gives me great pleasure to address you this afternoon on behalf of United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), World Food Programme (WFP) and my organization, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Luncheon Meeting to Launch the Reports of the UN Millennium Project
17 January 2005
<p>This is a very important day for the United Nations and I would like to thank the United Nations Foundation for inviting me to participate in this event.</p>
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Statement at the Tsunami Ministerial-Level Donors' Meeting
11 January 2005
<p>UNFPA, as part of a coordinated United Nations response, is committed to keeping survivors of the tsunami alive and supporting their efforts to recover.</p>
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UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board: Gender, Women and HIV/AIDS
14 December 2004
<p class="bodytext">I would like to thank the Government of Jamaica and His Excellency, the Honourable John Junor, Minister of Health of Jamaica for your warm island hospitality in welcoming us here for the 16th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board.</p>
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World AIDS Day - 1 December 2004
01 December 2004
<p>In every region of the world, AIDS is taking a terrible toll on women and girls, who are experiencing rising rates of HIV infection and a disproportionate burden of caring for those who are sick and orphaned.</p>
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The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 November 2004
<p class="bodytext">Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. It must be stopped.</p>
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United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Security Council Resolution 1325
28 October 2004
<p>Today we are here to speak about the unspeakable—the gender-based and sexual violence that is occurring on a massive scale in conflict and post-conflict situations around the world.</p>
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Reproductive Health and Rights: Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
27 October 2004
<p class="bodytext">It gives me great pleasure to join you today at the beautiful Chateau St. Gerlach, the country estate of Maastricht, home of the historic Maastricht Treaty.</p>
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General Assembly Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
14 October 2004
<p>It gives me great pleasure to address this commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).</p>
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Convention on the Elimination of All Form of Discrimination against Women: 25th Anniversary of Adoption by UN General Assembly
13 October 2004
<p>It gives me great pleasure to address this commemorative round table on behalf of many parts of the United Nations system.</p>
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