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  • 19 Aug 2017
  • Statement

Reproductive health and rights must be protected in crises

Every woman has the right to decide whether or when she will become pregnant, to give birth safely and to be protected from gender-based violence. Yet every day, untold millions of women and girls,…

Reproductive health and rights must be protected in crises

Every woman has the right to decide whether or when she will become pregnant, to give birth safely and to be protected from…

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  • 12 Aug 2017
  • Statement

Peace depends on the participation of young people

Young people have the potential to act as greater forces for positive social change and to build the foundation for a just and peaceful world.

Peace depends on the participation of young people

Young people have the potential to act as greater forces for positive social change and to build the foundation for a just and…

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  • 11 Jul 2017
  • Statement

Family planning: empowering people, developing nations

Every day, vulnerable women, especially those who are poor and are refugees, face social, economic and geographic obstacles to voluntary family planning services and information.

Family planning: empowering people, developing nations

Every day, vulnerable women, especially those who are poor and are refugees, face social, economic and geographic obstacles to…

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  • 11 Jul 2017
  • Speech

Family Planning Summit Opening Plenary Remarks

Remarks by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Acting UNFPA Executive Director, at the Family Planning Summit in London: It is a pleasure to be here – but for all of us at UNFPA, the pleasure is bittersweet. There is…

Family Planning Summit Opening Plenary Remarks

Remarks by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Acting UNFPA Executive Director, at the Family Planning Summit in London: It is a pleasure to be…

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  • 06 Jun 2017
  • Speech

Statement of Acting Executive Director to Annual Session of Executive Board 2017

Statement of Acting UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the 2017 Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS.

Statement of Acting Executive Director to Annual Session of Executive Board…

Statement of Acting UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the 2017 Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA…

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  • 06 Jun 2017
  • Speech

Tribute to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

Tribute to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Acting Executive Director of UNFPA, during a ceremony in his honour during the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS…

Tribute to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

Tribute to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Acting Executive Director of UNFPA, during a ceremony in his honour…

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  • 05 Jun 2017
  • Statement

Statement by United Nations Secretary-General on the death of Babatunde Osotimehin

I am profoundly saddened by the sudden passing of my good colleague and friend, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. I offer sincere condolences to his family, to the staff of UNFPA, to the Government and…

Statement by United Nations Secretary-General on the death of Babatunde…

I am profoundly saddened by the sudden passing of my good colleague and friend, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. I offer sincere…

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  • 05 Jun 2017
  • Statement

Statement by the President of the UN General Assembly on the passing away of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, issued the following statement on the passing away of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin: “I am deeply saddened to hear of the…

Statement by the President of the UN General Assembly on the passing away of Dr…

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, issued the following statement on the passing away…

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  • 23 May 2017
  • Statement

Hope, healing, and dignity for all

Over the past year, I followed the total transformation of two women’s lives. Alice, from Malawi, was successfully treated for obstetric fistula at the age of 83, after living with this terrible and…

Hope, healing, and dignity for all

Over the past year, I followed the total transformation of two women’s lives. Alice, from Malawi, was successfully treated for…

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