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

AFRICAN COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE LINK BETWEEN POPULATION,

DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO NEW FINDINGS

POPULATION FUND WELCOMES AFRICA’S SUPPORT, RECOMMITS TO SAVING LIVES

IN DEVELOPING WORLD UNITED NATIONS,

POPULATION FUND GRATIFIED BY DEVELOPING WORLD’S SUPPORT

POPULATION FUND REFUTES REPORTS OF PERU STERILIZATIONS

UN POPULATION FUND WELCOMES EUROPEAN UNION PLEDGE OF €32 MILLION

FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN 22 COUNTRIES

UNFPA EXPRESSES REGRET AT UNITED STATES DECISION NOT TO GRANT IT FUNDING

NEW YORK, 22 July (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today said a decision by President Bush not to grant it the $34 million appropriated by Congress for 2002 will cost thousands of women and children their lives.