Population

Press Release
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.

Press Release
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.

Press Release
POP/747

UN POPULATION FUND DISTRIBUTES EMERGENCY HOME DELIVERY KITS IN EAST TIMOR

NEW YORK, 16 November (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is distributing emergency home delivery kits to mothers in East Timor, where representatives say there is little or no maternity care currently available. The Fund is also providing delivery supplies to local clinics and hospitals.

Press Release
POP/745

NETHERLANDS GIVES UN POPULATION FUND ADDITIONAL $4.7 MILLION FOR 1999

NEW YORK, 11 November, (UNFPA) -- Responding to a special appeal from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Government of the Netherlands has pledged an additional 10 million Dutch guilders (approximately $4.7 million) to UNFPA for 1999.

Press Release
POP/742

RESOURCE SHORTFALL IMPERILS UN POPULATION FUND AS FUND MARKS THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Press Release
POP/739

UNFPA APPOINTS MARY BANOTTI GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR IRELAND

NEW YORK, 11 October (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed Mary Banotti, Member of the European Parliament, its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Ireland.

Press Release
POP/738

WORLD FACES CRITICAL CHOICES AS POPULATION PASSES 6 BILLION, UNITED NATIONS REPORTS

Press Release
POP/732

Press Release
POP/730

Press Release
POP/729