Population


POP/796
03/04/2001
Press Release
POP/796


Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

4th Meeting (PM)


COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT EXAMINES LINKS

BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION ISSUES


The links between population, environment and development were examined this afternoon during a panel discussion held by the Commission on Population and Development, as it continued its thirty-fourth session. 

POP/792
30/03/2001
Press Release
POP/792


Background Release


COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MEET FROM 2 TO 6 APRIL


Population, environment and development will be the focus of the thirty-fourth session of the Commission on Population and Development, to be held at Headquarters from 2 to 6 April.

POP/788
07/02/2001
Press Release
POP/788


UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTS MOBILE HEALTH CLINICS FOR INDIAN QUAKE VICTIMS


NEW YORK, 7 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced today it is supporting 12 mobile health clinics in Gujarat State, India, and providing counselling support to women affected by the recent earthquake.  Following a rapid needs assessment, identifying health sector needs in the entire State, the UNFPA has dispatched emergency resources and additional personnel.

POP/787
06/02/2001
Press Release
POP/787


FRENCH ACTRESS ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN NAMED UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR


NEW YORK, 6 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed French actress Elsa Zylberstein as its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face campaign spokesperson for France.  She was formally introduced in that capacity in the French Senate in Paris.