Population

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POP/758

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD THIRTY-THIRD SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS FROM 27 TO 31 MARCH

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POP/757

WORLD POPULATION GROWTH WILL OCCUR IN URBAN AREAS OF WORLD, UNITED NATIONS REPORT STATES

NEW YORK, 23 March (DESA) -- Virtually all population growth from now until 2030 will be concentrated in the urban areas of the world. By 2007, the number of urban dwellers is also expected to exceed the number of rural dwellers for the first time in history.

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POP/756*

EGYPTIAN HEALTH MINISTER, MEXICAN FAMILY PLANNING FOUNDATION WIN 2000 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

NEW YORK, 20 March (UNFPA) -- Ismail Awadallah Sallam, the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, and a Mexican Family Planning organization, Fundaci(n Mexicana para la Planificaci(n Familiar (MEXFAM), will share the 2000 United Nations Population Award.

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POP/754

UN POPULATION FUND SENDS EMERGENCY SAFE MOTHERHOOD SUPPLIES FOR ZIMBABWE CYCLONE VICTIMS

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POP/753

NEW PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS SUPPORT BY UN POPULATION FUND FOR GOALS OF BEIJING WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

NEW YORK, 8 March (UNFPA) --The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is actively backing efforts to carry out the agenda of the 1995 Beijing Women’s Conference, a new UNFPA publication shows.

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POP/752

UN POPULATION FUND SHIPS EMERGENCY DELIVERY KITS TO MOZAMBIQUE FLOOD VICTIMS

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POP/751
SOC/4531

POPULATION DIVISION REPORT `CHARTING THE PROGRESS OF POPULATIONS', INDICATES COUNTRIES FALLING SHORT OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC GOALS

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POP/750

MISS UNIVERSE, MPULE KWELAGOBE, APPOINTED UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR BOTSWANA

NEW YORK, 8 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed Miss Universe, Mpule Kwelagobe, its Goodwill Ambassador for Botswana.

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POP/748

UN POPULATION FUND WELCOMES RESTORATION OF UNITED STATES FUNDING IN 2000

NEW YORK, 23 November (UNFPA) -- The United States will resume its support for the United Nations Population Fund for fiscal year 2000, which began on 1 October. The UNFPA received no United States funds in fiscal year 1999. Under foreign assistance legislation approved last week, funding will be restored to the fiscal year 1998 level of $25 million.

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POP/746*

UN POPULATION FUND SENDS MATERNAL HEALTH SUPPLIES TO ORISSA CYCLONE VICTIMS, IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT APPEAL

NEW YORK, 15 November (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is shipping emergency reproductive health supplies, including equipment for the safe delivery of newborn infants, to victims of the cyclone in Orissa, India. The Fund is responding to a request for help from the state government of Orissa.