Statements and speeches
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Conference of Speakers of African National Assemblies on Issues of Population and Development
18 May 2005
It gives me tremendous pleasure to be among you on this extraordinary occasion of the Conference of Speakers of National Assemblies on Issues of Population and Development.
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Investing in Reproductive Health and Rights
13 April 2005
<p>Reducing Poverty and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international priorities.</p>
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World Health Day Statement
07 April 2005
One sure way to Make Every Mother and Child Count, as the slogan for World Health Day urges us to do, is to guarantee universal access to reproductive health, as was agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development.
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ICPD and MDGs: Moving Forward
04 April 2005
<p>It gives me great pleasure to address the opening of this thirty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development.</p>
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Preventing HIV/AIDS for Girls and Women through Health Education and Reproductive Health Services
04 April 2005
<p>I am pleased to be your keynote speaker today. I am committed to reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls. And I would like to thank Adrienne Germain, the President of the International Women's Health Coalition, for organizing this important meeting and bringing all of us together.</p>
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International Women's Day
08 March 2005
<p>As world leaders and women’s organizations gather in New York for the 10-year review of the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, it is clear that governments in all regions have made substantial progress in adopting legislation and policies to protect women’s human rights.</p>
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Getting Down to Business: Accelerating Implementation of the Beijing and Cairo agreements
07 March 2005
<p>It is my pleasure to address the Commission on the Status of Women as we mark the 10-year review of the historic Beijing Conference and Platform for Action.</p>
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Women’s Empowerment and Reproductive Health for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
03 March 2005
<p>It is my pleasure to be here with you today. It is a pleasure for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to host this event in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
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Population and Reproductive Health: Key to the Achievement of the MDGs
24 February 2005
<p>It is my pleasure and honour to join you today. I hope you enjoyed our short film. I look forward to our discussions.</p>
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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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