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30 January 2004
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 23 January 2004 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today welcomed United States lawmakers’ decision to appropriate $34 million for the Fund for fiscal year 2004, and urged the Administration not to withhold the money.
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Iranian Earthquake Survivors Face Continuing Health Emergency, UNFPA Warns
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 23 January 2004 – Following last month’s deadly earthquake in the city of Bam, deteriorating hygienic conditions and a critical lack of reproductive health services continue to threaten the well-being of thousands of Iranian women, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warned today.
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Europeans Debate Their Future, Affirm Commitment to Cairo Agenda
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva, 14 January 2004—Population and reproductive health experts meeting here have affirmed Europe’s strong commitment to the 20-year action plan adopted in Cairo a decade ago.
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Experts Examine Europe's Population, Reproductive Health Concerns
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva, 12 January 2004—More than 350 population and reproductive health experts started a discussion here today on demographic, health and social issues critical to Europe, North America and the former Soviet republics. Participants in the three-day European Population Forum will examine policies and trends in migration, ageing, fertility and mortality; and sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly in European countries in transition.
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UNFPA Initiative Raises Awareness of Fistula Cases in Sudan
SUDAN, 30 December 2003 -- “Yes for Prevention. No for discrimination” was the slogan of this year’s AIDS Day commemoration by UNFPA in Sudan. The event, in early December 2003, included public awareness and fund-raising campaigns and culminated in a much-publicized football match between Khartoum’s two most popular teams. Sudan’s HIV infection rate is estimated at 1.6 per cent nationwide.
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Arab Parliamentarians Urge Governments to Meet Reproductive Health Needs
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 December 2003 – A lack of funds for population and reproductive health programmes is widening the gap between rich and poor countries and increasing maternal deaths and HIV/AIDS infections, Arab parliamentarians declared earlier this month.
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