EUROPEANS DEBATE THEIR FUTURE, AFFIRM COMMITMENT TO CAIRO AGENDA

Experts Address Population Trends, Challenges in Diverse Region

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GENEVA, 14 January (UNFPA) -- Population and reproductive health experts meeting in Geneva have affirmed Europe’s strong commitment to the 20-year action plan adopted in Cairo a decade ago.

EXPERTS EXAMINE EUROPE’S POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONCERNS

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Experts to Examine European Population Trends, Policies at European

Population Forum 2004, Geneva, 12-14 January

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NEW YORK, 6 January (UNFPA/ECE) -- International experts on population and reproductive health will meet at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 12 to 14 January 2004 to examine key issues in Europe and North America, their causes, consequences and policy responses.

RECORD NUMBER OF DONORS SUPPORT UNFPA IN 2003

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NEW YORK, 19 December (UNFPA) –- The UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, received contributions from 142 of the 191 United Nations Member States in 2003, the largest number of donors in the Fund’s history.  The top six donors were the Netherlands, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden.

WORLD POPULATION IN 2300 TO BE AROUND NINE BILLION, ACCORDING TO UN PROJECTIONS

WORLD SHOULD PROMOTE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SAYS UNFPA

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CARIBBEAN STATES REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, GENDER EQUALITY

Countries Say 1994 Cairo Programme Is Essential to Development Goals

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UN POPULATION DIVISION RELEASES MORTPAK FOR WINDOWS,

SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT

The United Nations Population Division is pleased to announce the release of MORTPAK for Windows, version 4.0 of its popular software package for demographic measurement.  The package has been widely used throughout research institutions in developing and developed countries since its introduction in 1988. 

TIMELY EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

WILL SPUR PROGRESS TO CURB MATERNAL MORTALITY

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INVESTMENT IN ADOLESCENTS’ REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CRITICAL TO FIGHTING

POVERTY AND HIV/AIDS, SAYS UNFPA REPORT

LONDON, 8 October (UNFPA) -- Meeting adolescents’ reproductive health needs is an urgent priority in the global fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS, emphasizes The State of World Population 2003 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.