Statements and speeches
Statement
"Responding To Events, Building the Global Community", Statement to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, in Bern, Switzerland
02 October 2001
This is a very difficult time for all of us who care about development and the values that lie behind it. We have seen such sudden, terrible violence that it fills our minds and hearts, and…
Learn moreStatement
UNFPA Executive Director Extends Condolences to U.S. People and Government After Terrorist Attacks
13 September 2001
In remarks to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director We convene our…
Learn moreStatement
Population, Development and the Environment
11 July 2001
Billions of ordinary people share the same aspirations: a secure life, a place to live, economic opportunity for themselves, education and health care for their children. Modest goals—yet half the…
Learn moreStatement
Statement at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in Brussels, Belgium.
16 May 2001
Mr President, Since this is my first address to a United Nations conference at the global level, perhaps I may be allowed to introduce myself. I am Thoraya Ahmed Obaid of Saudi Arabia, and the…
Learn moreStatement
"Securing Contraceptives, and Condoms for HIV/AIDS Prevention", Statement at the opening of the Global Meeting on Meeting the Reproductive Health Challenge, in Istanbul.
03 May 2001
I am very happy to join all of you here today. Meeting reproductive health supply needs is a key element of the global effort to improve people’s lives by protecting their reproductive and sexual…
Learn moreStatement
Statement at the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases, in Abuja, Nigeria.
27 April 2001
President Obasanjo; Mr. Chairman; Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; distinguished delegates; ladies and gentlemen: It is an honour for me to address a conference of the OAU, for the first…
Learn moreStatement
Statement on World Health Day
05 April 2001
The United Nations Population Fund joins the World Health Organization (WHO) in celebrating World Health Day, which falls on 7 April, and is devoted this year to Mental Health. The Day’s slogan, "…
Learn moreStatement
"Marie Stopes: Universal Principles and Cultural Values", Statement at the Stopes Memorial Lecture, in London.
13 March 2001
Thank you for inviting me to present myself as the new Executive Director of UNFPA through the Stopes Memorial Lecture. It is a great opportunity to be among such a distinguished audience and I look…
Learn moreStatement
"Women and Peace, Women Managing Conflict", Statement for International Women's Day
08 March 2001
Around the world, wars between and within nations continue to wreak havoc on the lives of millions of civilians caught up in the conflicts. Recent years have seen an alarming increase in ethnic…
Learn more