Population


POP/674
7 July 1998


Press Release
POP/674


KAMPALA ROUND TABLE SEEKS ACTION TO ENSURE WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IMPROVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMMES

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(Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

KAMPALA, Uganda, 25 June (UNFPA) -- Experts on reproductive rights and health from around the world agreed today on actions needed to speed progress towards the goals set by the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994.

POP/670
5 June 1998


Press Release
POP/670


WINNERS OF 1998 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD ANNOUNCED

19980605

NEW YORK, 5 June (UNFPA) -- The Sabiny Elders Association of Uganda, which dramatically curtailed female genital mutilation in its area of Uganda, and Dr. Hugh H. Wynter of Jamaica, a prominent leader in the Caribbean for family planning programmes, will share the 1998 United Nations Population Award.