UNFPA, EUROPEAN UNION SIGN 22 MILLION EURO AGREEMENT

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NEW YORK, 28 March (UNFPA)–- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the European Union signed an agreement yesterday for a 22 million euro, three-year Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia, which will be implemented in seven countries.

Background Release

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MEET FROM 31 MARCH TO 4 APRIL

Theme:  Population, Education and Development

“Population, education and development” will be the theme of the
thirty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development, to be held at Headquarters from 31 March to 4 April.

INVESTMENTS IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAN REDUCE WATER INSECURITY, SAYS UNFPA REPORT

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BELOW-REPLACEMENT FERTILITY EXPECTED IN 75 PER CENT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

BY YEAR 2050 ACCORDING TO UN POPULATION REPORT

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION:  A GLOBAL ISSUE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST

CENTURY; NEW REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

NEW YORK, 6 February (UN Population Division) -- Around 175 million persons currently reside outside the country of their birth, and almost one of every

ASIAN, PACIFIC COUNTRIES REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,

RIGHTS, AS BANGKOK MEETING CONCLUDES

United Nations Population Fund Welcomes Conference Plan of Action to Fight Poverty

BANGKOK, 17 December -- The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA) today hailed a pledge by Asian and Pacific governments to give priority to population and reproductive health concerns in their work to reduce poverty.

UN POPULATION REPORT SAYS GOOD REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

FOR WOMEN ESSENTIAL TO ENDING POVERTY

2002 Survey to Be Launched Next Week at Ceremonies

In London, New York, Washington and Other Cities around World

CONFERENCE OF WORLDWIDE PARLIAMENTARIANS HEARS OF URGENCY

OF PROVIDING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE

UNFPA Executive Director Tells Ottawa Gathering

of High Mortality Rate from Pregnancy-Related Causes

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES ‘NATIONAL POPULATION POLICIES 2001’

NUMBER OF WORLD'S MIGRANTS REACHES 175 MILLION MARK

Migrant Population Has Doubled in Twenty-five Years

New York, 28 October -- With around 175 million people currently residing in a country other than where they were born, the number of migrants in the world has more than doubled since 1975, with most living in Europe (56 million), Asia