<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The Secretary-General of the United Nations today announced the appointment of Kunio Waki of Japan as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), effective 1 February 2000.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has sent supplies to Venezuela to meet the reproductive health needs of pregnant women and others displaced by last month’s devastating floods and mudslides.</p>

<p> <b>New York</b> – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed Dr. Bertrand Piccard, its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Switzerland.</p>