El día de 3 de octubre de 2017, la Dra. Natalia Kanem ha sido designada como Directora Ejecutiva del UNFPA, el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas, por António Guterres, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas. Fue Representante del UNFPA en la República Unida de Tanzania de 2014 a 2016 y ha ocupado cargos directivos en la Fundación Ford y otras instituciones y organizaciones no gubernamentales.. 
 
“El mandato del UNFPA jamás había sido tan pertinente,” comentó Dra. Kanem. Es la quinta Directora Ejecutiva del UNFPA desde que el Fondo entró en funcionamiento en 1969.
Dra. Natalia Kanem

Directora Ejecutiva

Dra. Natalia Kanem

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Dr. Kanem speaking on stage

Dr. Kanem announces new commitments from Luxembourg and the Gates Foundation at Global Citizen's annual event.  © Mary Kang for Global Citizen

New York |

Dr. Kanem addressing audience on global citizen stage. She is in orange. She stands along side three other women.

Dr. Kanem addresses a live audience at 2022's Global Citizen concert. She is on stage with Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Payzee Mahmod, Connie Britton and Anuschech Amir Khalili.    © Mary Kang For Global Citizen

New York, US |

Dr. Kanem speaks with dignitary

SWP22 launch in Dakar with Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem

Dakar, Senegal |

Dr Kanem walks through area hit by Typhoon Rai in the Philippines

Executive Director of UNFPA Natalia Kanem visits Southern Leyte three months after Typhoon Rai (Odette) hit

Southern Leyte, Philippines |

Dr. Kanem hands an orange dignity kit to a young women

Executive Director of UNFPA Natalia Kanem visits Southern Leyte three months after Typhoon Rai (Odette) hit

Southern Leyte, Philippines |

Dr Natalia Kanem speaks with young refguee women at a shelter in Chisinau, Moldova

Executive Director of UNFPA Natalia Kanem (right), visits a Ukrainian refugee family who has recently fled war in their country, March 10, 2022 at the Manej Stadium that was transformed overnight into a refugee shelter, in the capital Chisinau, Moldova.

Chisinau, Moldova |

Ukrainian Mother hands her baby to Dr Natalia Kanem to hold. Surrounded by two other women

Executive Director of UNFPA Natalia Kanem, visits a Ukrainian refugee family who has recently fled war in their country, March 10, 2022 at the Moldexpo centre that was transformed overnight into a refugee shelter, in the capital Chisinau, Moldova.

Moldova |

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem visits a mother and her newborn at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital’s maternity ward. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets with Dr. Denis Mukwege

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets with Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of the foremost experts on the treatment of sexual violence in crisis settings, at the facility he founded, Panzi Hospital.© UNFPA/Luis Tato

Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo |

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Diego Zorilla

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Diego Zorilla, United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepare to board a  United Nations Humanitarian Air Service helicopter to Bukavu. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo |

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