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  • 11 Mar 2019
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, on the Ethiopian Airlines Crash

United Nations, New York, 11 March 2019 —On behalf of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, I offer my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines…

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  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Statement

International Women’s Day 2019

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem Women and innovation: a blueprint for rights and choices   Everywhere, new technologies and innovations are transforming the way we work, the…

International Women’s Day 2019

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  • 06 Feb 2019
  • Statement

Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030

Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she endured then…

Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030

Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely…

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  • 23 Jan 2019
  • Speech

Statement of the Executive Director to the First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2019

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the First Regular Session of the 2019 Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS.

Statement of the Executive Director to the First Regular Session of the…

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the First Regular Session of the 2019 Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA…

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  • 10 Dec 2018
  • Statement

Human Rights Day 2018

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day 2018

Human Rights Day 2018

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day 2018

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  • 07 Dec 2018
  • Speech

Annual High-Level Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund

Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the annual High-Level Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund.

Annual High-Level Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency…

Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the annual High-Level Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central…

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  • 03 Dec 2018
  • Statement

Statement on the situation in Bentiu, South Sudan

In the past 12 days, more than 150 women and girls have sought assistance after suffering sexual violence, including rape, near Bentiu in South Sudan. We echo the statement of the Secretary-General’s…

Statement on the situation in Bentiu, South Sudan

In the past 12 days, more than 150 women and girls have sought assistance after suffering sexual violence, including rape, near…

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  • 03 Dec 2018
  • Statement

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

More than 1 billion people live with a disability, and nearly 200 million are between the ages of 10 and 24. Yet young people with disabilities are often invisible in statistics, excluded from…

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

More than 1 billion people live with a disability, and nearly 200 million are between the ages of 10 and 24. Yet young people…

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  • 01 Dec 2018
  • Statement

World AIDS Day 2018

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2018

World AIDS Day 2018

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2018

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