CARIBBEAN STATES REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, GENDER EQUALITY

Countries Say 1994 Cairo Programme Is Essential to Development Goals

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

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.

NEW UN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO ADDRESS ADOLESCENTS’

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONCERNS AS GLOBAL PRIORITY

UNFPA to Launch State of World

Population 2003 on 8 October; Advance Access Available Online

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD POPULATION DAY 2003:  ‘ONE BILLION ADOLESCENTS:

THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, INFORMATION AND SERVICES’

UN POPULATION FUND CALLS ON WORLD LEADERS TO ENSURE SAFE MOTHERHOOD

FOR ALL WOMEN, URGES UNITED STATES TO RESUME FUNDING FOR AGENCY

NEW YORK, 9 May (UNFPA) -– On the eve of Mother’s Day, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid, today called on world leaders to ensure safe motherhood for all women.

‘34 MILLION FRIENDS OF UNFPA’ CAMPAIGN HITS $1 MILLION MILESTONE

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 1 May (UNFPA) -— The founders of the grass-roots campaign

“34 Million Friends of UNFPA” today announced it has raised $1 million to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), mostly in small donations.  More than 100,000 Americans have contributed to the campaign to help replace funds withheld by the United States Administration last July.

POPULATION AWARENESS LEADER WERNER FORNOS, FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF KENYA

2003 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD WINNERS

NEW YORK, 14 April –- Population awareness advocate Werner Fornos and the Family Planning Association of Kenya have been named winners of the 2003 United Nations Population Award.  Mr. Fornos is the President of the United States-based Population Institute.

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-sixth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)                          

POPULATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION ON THE THEME:

POPULATION, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT