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  • 17 Apr 2024
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia

Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal…

Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights

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  • 17 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. (Check against delivery.)

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024 at the Palais…

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  • 15 Apr 2024
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Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African…

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  • 13 Apr 2024
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches one year mark

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered one of the world’s worst hunger crises, with 1.2 million pregnant and…

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches…

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered…

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  • 10 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Keynote address by the Executive Director at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation

Keynote address by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI) in Oslo, Norway.

Keynote address by the Executive Director at the 8th International…

Keynote address by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the…

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  • 05 Apr 2024
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Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2024

On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action in Cairo, which placed sexual…

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day…

On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on Population…

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  • 05 Apr 2024
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Statement by the Executive Director at the ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue's Closing Ceremony

Mr. Deputy Chief of Staff representing His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, Minister of Planning and Development Excellencies, Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, Commissioner ECOWAS Youth Ambassador Sophie…

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  • 04 Apr 2024
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Speech by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Global Youth Dialogue

I begin by quoting a proud daughter of Benin, a cultural artist of world renown, Angelique Kidjo. Angelique has said: “Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart and you can go…

Speech by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Global Youth…

I begin by quoting a proud daughter of Benin, a cultural artist of world renown, Angelique Kidjo. Angelique has said: “Your brain…

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  • 27 Mar 2024
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Statement by the Executive Director on Impending Famine in Gaza

The threat of famine is looming over Gaza.   Hunger and malnutrition, driven wholly by manmade causes and by a lack of humanitarian access, have spread through Gaza at frightening speed, causing…

Statement by the Executive Director on Impending Famine in Gaza

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