Dispatches - May
Record-Breaking Donation from Portuguese Public
LISBON – UNFPA’s Goodwill Ambassador in Portugal, Catarina Furtado, delivered an unprecedented €253,000 (more than $340,000) contribution to UNFPA through its Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, at a ceremony attended by Portugal’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and two dozen journalists on 16 May. The donation is the largest ever received by UNFPA from Portugal.
“Being a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador is being a spokesperson for all the women and children who cannot speak for themselves and who need urgent help,” Ms. Furtado told the two dozen journalists at the ceremony. “This mission fills me with a huge sense of responsibility. UNFPA fights on a daily basis to ensure that all women, girls and children are treated with dignity and respect.” 
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Investment in Adolescent Reproductive Health is Key to Achieving MDGs
HELSINKI – Asger Ryhl, Chief UNFPA Nordic Office, spoke about the importance of investing in adolescent reproductive health if the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be reached by 2015. His remarks were part of a public seminar: ‘MDG Review: the role and responsibility of parliamentarians in Finland’s and EUs development policy’ hosted by the Finnish Parliamentary All-Party Group on Population and Development together with the Finnish Family Planning Association, Väestöliitto. Other participants in the seminar included representatives from Ministries, NGOs and civil society.
The Finnish Parliamentary All-Party Group on Population and Development was established in 1995. The aim of the Group is to promote the implementation of the Programme of Action of the UN Conference on Population and Development (Cairo 1994) in Finnish development cooperation. The group disseminates information, takes part in development policy discussion, takes a stand on issues in Parliament concerning global sexual health and rights, gender equality and population policy issues. The group has about twenty MPs from different political parties as members and it is open to all MPs.
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