Executive Director

Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

Feature Pic Caption Thoraya Ahmed Obaid was appointed as Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, effective 1 January 2001, making her the first Saudi Arabian to head a United Nations agency. She has the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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2009

	25 November 2009 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
	13 November 2009 Promoting the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender Equity in Diverse Cultural and Religious Settings
	28 October 2009 Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid on Killing in Kabul
	27 October 2009 4th International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action
	26 October 2009 Now is the Time: Executive Director Addresses High-Level Meeting on Maternal Health
	12 October 2009 Putting People First: Commemorating ICPD at Fifteen
	27 September 2009 Incorporating Demographics into Policymaking, Statement at at XXVI IUSSP Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco
	12 September 2009 UNFPA Reaffirms Its Support of Sexual and Reproductive Health Education of Young People
	08 September 2009 Second Regular Session 2009 of the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	2 September 2009 Invest in Health, Rights and the Future. Statement at the NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development
	12 August 2009 International Youth Day - SUSTAINABILITY: Our Challenge. Our Future.
	03 August 2009 Statement at the Policy Round Table with Faith-Based Organizations
	11 July 2009 Executive Director's Message for World Population Day 2009
	30 June 2009 Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2009
	29 June 2009 The Global Economic Crisis and Health: Why Investing in Women is a Smart Choice
	27 May 2009 2009 Annual Session UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	08 March 2009 International Women's Day
	06 March 2009 From Crisis to Opportunity
	20 January 2009 Executive Director's Address to the Board

2008

	16 December 2008 Statement on the First Anniversary of the Terrorist Attack on the United Nations Offices in Algiers
	10 December 2008 Human Rights Day
	01 December 2008 World AIDS Day
	25 November 2008 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
	18 November 2008 Three Generations of Palestine refugees: The Quest for Human Rights and Human Dignity
	12 November 2008 Launch of The State of World Population 2008
	10 November 2008 Human Resources for Maternal Survival
	20 October 2008 Global Forum on Strengthening Partnerships with Faith Based Organizations
	16 October 2008 UNFPA Mourns Passing of Population Award Laureate Rosenfield
	15 October 2008 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
	10 October 2008 World Mental Health Day
	1 October 2008 International Day of Older Persons
	9 September 2008 Second Regular Session UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	12 August 2008 International Youth Day
	16 July 2008 Mid-Year Review of the Consolidated Appeal Process
	11 July 2008 Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2008
	16 June 2008 Annual session 2008 UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	9 June 2008 A Vision of Hope
	9 June 2008 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS
	4 June 2008 Invest in Women and Youth: It Pays
	3 June 2008 Statement of the UNFPA on the Global Food Crisis, Population and Development
	22 May 2008 Acceptance Remarks, Distinguished Alumni Award, Wayne State University
	22 May 2008 Swedish International Development Agency
	5 May 2008 International Day of the Midwife
	7 April 2008 Putting People First
	8 March 2008 Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day
	25 February 2008 Launch of the Secretary-General's Campaign on Violence Against Women
	6 February 2008 International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
	22 January 2008 Statement at the 2008 First Regular Session of the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board