Dispatches - October 2006
19 October
Reproductive Health Commodity Security — Challenges
BONN — “Reproductive health commodities are just as important to sexual and reproductive health as vaccines are to child survival,” Ms Obaid said in her opening speech to the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, at a meeting co-chaired by KfW Development Bank. “Without supplies, individuals cannot exercise their reproductive rights,” she added. While in Bonn, Ms. Obaid also met with H.E. Professor Alpha Oumar Konaré, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union and with the Deputy Executive Coordinator of UN Volunteers, Ms Joyce Yu.
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UNFPA Launches Global Programme to Prevent Shortfalls in Essential Supplies |
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Securing Essential Supplies |
19 October
European Support Makes the Difference for Earthquake Survivors
A year after the earthquake in Pakistan, relief and recovery efforts have made an enormous difference in the lives of women and children affected by the disaster. Major funding from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) as well as from Norway, Germany, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Republic of Korea contributed to this successful collaboration between UNFPA and its partners.
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Pakistan Update and Archive |
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Assisting in Emergencies |
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European Commission - Humanitarian Aid |
17 October
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BERLIN — “Greater investment is needed in population and reproductive health if we are to achieve international development goals,” said UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid in a keynote speach at the Fifth International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development. Ms. Obaid also participated in the public discussion on condoms, demography and the developing world. While in Berlin, Ms. Obaid also met with high-level representatives of the Development Ministry (BMZ) and Foreign Ministry (Auswärtiges Amt), parliamentarians and non-governmental organizations, as well as with the German Goodwill Ambassador Alfred Biolek. Read an interview with Ms. Obaid or see a video of her keynote speech.
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Demographics and Socio-economic Development |
16 October
Chasing the Dream Tours Europe
BERLIN — Die Welt der Jugend im Licht der Acht Entwicklungsziele, the German version of the Chasing the Dream exhibit that explores the Millennium Development Goals through the eyes of eight young people, opens today through 26 October. In 2007, the photojournalism exhibit will tour other cities in Germany. (See the calendar for more dates.)
Chasing the Dream, a UN inter agency initiative, was originally financed by the Government of Finland. The German version was produced with the support of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and coordinated by Kumulus e.V., UNFPA Brussels Office, the Millennium Campaign in Germany and the German UN Association.
Mr. Björn Andersson, Chief of the Office of Executive Director, UNFPA, will open the free exhibition at 7 pm at rbb-Haus, Masurenallee 8-14, 14057 Berlin, together with Dr. Renée Ernst, Millennium Campaign in Germany and Mr. Stephan Ohme, German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The MTV presenter Mr. Markus Kavka will moderate the opening ceremony. Speakers will be joined by the German Electro pop group MIA.
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Chasing the Dream: Youth Faces of the Millennium Development Goals |
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Youth Participation |
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Millennium Development Goals |
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Moving Young |
15-16 October
STAND UP Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals!
On these two days, people around the world will
STAND UP to remind their governments that promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and help the billions living in extreme poverty must be kept. In Germany and other countries throughout Europe and the world, individuals and organizations are aiming to create an official Guinness World Record for the greatest number of people ever to Stand Up Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals. To find events going on in your locale, or to organize your own, check out the website.
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Millennium Development Goals |
5 October
Linking Reproductive Health Supplies with the Millennium Development Goals
BRUSSELS — A high-level seminar drew connections between European development policies, reproductive health and the supplies required to protect it. The seminar was the culmination of a series of activities organized by a consortium of sexual and reproductive heath and rights non-governmental organizations and the European Parliamentary Network on Population and Development working together in the campaign Countdown 2015: Europe. Read the news feature.
3 October
Four Nordic Goodwill Ambassadors to Visit Mozambique
This November four Nordic Goodwill Ambassadors will tour Mozambique to learn about realities of life in one of the world’s least developed countries and to draw attention to the challenges posed by poverty, AIDS, maternal mortality and lack of reproductive health services. The Nordic ambassadors include Swedish journalist and television presenter Kattis Ahlstrom; Danish author and journalist Hanne-Vibeke Holst; Norwegian fitness advocate Kari Jaquesson; and Finnish singer/songwriter Mikko Kuustonen. Stay tuned for dispatches from the trip.
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Goodwill Ambassadors |
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Involving Goodwill Ambassadors |
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