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

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-sixth Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)            

NOBEL LAUREATE AMARTYA SEN STRESSES EMPOWERING ROLE OF EDUCATION AND NEED

TO REFORM SCHOOL CURRICULA, IN ADDRESS TO POPULATION COMMISSION

UNFPA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DECLINE IN RESOURCES

FOR POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-sixth Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)            

GAPS IN SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND EDUCATION LEVELS AMONG NATIONS MIGHT TAKE DECADES

TO CLOSE, KEYNOTE SPEAKER TELLS POPULATION COMMISSION

Delegations Highlight Progress Achieved

And Challenges Still Faced at National Level

Commission on Population and Development                  POP/856        

Thirty-sixth Session                                         31 March 2003

UNFPA, EUROPEAN UNION SIGN 22 MILLION EURO AGREEMENT

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

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

BY YEAR 2050 ACCORDING TO UN POPULATION REPORT