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UNFPA National Honorary Ambassador Wins Gold at London 2012

Meseret Defar from Ethiopia, Honorary National Ambassador for UNFPA, won the women’s 5000m race at the 2012 London Olympics.

17 August 2012

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Youth Advocacy Group - Call for Nominations!

"Education is key to everything the UN wishes to achieve. It should be the first priority in all member states.” - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 30 July 2012. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

15 August 2012

Statement

International Youth Day

12 August 2012

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Senegal and Brazil Forge South-South Cooperation on Census Activities

From left to right: Moustapha Ndour, First Counselor of the Embassy of Senegal in Brazil; Ambassador Fernando Abreu, future Director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC); Roberto Neves Sant’Anna, IBGE Foreign Affairs Advisor; Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, Ambassador of Senegal in Brazil; Marco Farani, Director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC); and Harold Robinson, UNFPA Representative in Brazil and Country Director for Argentina and Paraguay. Photo: Ulisses Lacava/UNFPA

07 August 2012

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Keeping Young People at the Heart of Development

Partnering with young people is critical to effective development policies regarding youth.

10 August 2012

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World Humanitarian Day: Youth to the Rescue

Anzaira explains the contents of the hygiene kit to pregnant and lactating women in an evacuation centre for flood survivors.  Photo: UNFPA Philippines

19 August 2012

Statement

Message on the Occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

09 August 2012

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The Executive Director in Liberia

26 July 2012

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Delivering Support to Syrian Women as the Crisis Worsens

UNFPA is working to ensure that the specific needs of women and girls are factored into the humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis. Photo by F Juez/UNHCR

02 August 2012

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Beyoncé Joins Global Aid Organizations

02 August 2012