Statements & speeches
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Message on the occasion of World Population Day. "More Resources for Women and Reproductive Health"
11 July 2002
Today on World Population Day, as we focus on "Reducing Poverty-Improving Reproductive Health," let us pledge once more to support women around the world and free them from poor health and illiteracy…
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High-Level Segment of ECOSOC. "Keeping Promise To Women Benefits All"
02 July 2002
We are gathered here today to talk about the contribution of human resource development to the process of social and economic development. In addition, I have a very simple message: No nation can be…
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World Summit on Food Security. Reducing Hunger and Poverty: Women Hold the Key
13 June 2002
It is an honour to address you today at the World Summit on Food Security on behalf of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund. The message I have come to…
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Mills College 114th Commencement. "Education and Leadership"
11 May 2002
Address by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA -- Oakland, California
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United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children. -- "Meeting the Needs of Adolescents and Families"
09 May 2002
More than a decade after the 1990 World Summit for Children, the challenge remains the same: to improve the lives of the world's children and adolescents and respect their human rights. Children and…
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"Building Bridges for Human Development" -- Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
25 April 2002
Thank you for the kind introduction and thank you for inviting me to speak tonight about the role of culture and religion in population and family planning. These issues are very important to me and…
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Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "Youth and Population in the Middle East: Expanding Opportunity and Hope"
25 April 2002
Thank you for the kind introduction and for inviting me to present my views on Demography, Politics and Stability in the Middle East. It is a pleasure to be here at the Washington Institute for Near…
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Statement at the Launch of HelpAge International's State of the World's Older People
08 April 2002
Thank you for this opportunity to participate in this event for the launch of HelpAge International’s publication, ‘State of the World’s Older People’. UNFPA would like to congratulate HelpAge…
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Second World Assembly on Ageing
08 April 2002
I am very pleased to be here in Madrid to participate in the Second World Assembly on Ageing and to make this joint intervention on behalf of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United…
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World Health Day
07 April 2002
"Move for Health", the theme of this year's World Health Day, should encourage all of us to increase our physical activity. This is important for young people to stay healthy through old age, and for…
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"Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights with Special Reference to HIV/AIDS" " -- UN Commission on Population and Development
01 April 2002
It gives me great pleasure to address the 35th session of the Commission on Population and Development. Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to Mr. Joseph Chamie and the Population Division for…
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United Nations Conference on Financing for Development. "Invest in Women, Invest in Change"
18 March 2002
Mr. Secretary-General, Chairman, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to address you. We are gathered in Monterrey to try to resolve a paradox: the paradox of a world where…
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