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Asian and Pacific Countries Adopt Ground Breaking Agenda on Population, Development and Rights
BANGKOK (ESCAP and UNFPA) -- A regional ministerial conference of Asian and Pacific governments has issued a strong reaffirmation that gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights... Read more
Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference to Set Population Agenda for Building Better Lives
BANGKOK (UNESCAP), 16 September 2013 - More than 400 delegates, including one Head of State, Ministers, policy makers and civil society representatives from 47 countries are in Bangkok this week to... Read more
International Youth Day, 12 August 2013
While migration can often offer valuable opportunities and contribute to the development of communities and society at large, it can also pose risks and lead to unacceptable situations, including... Read more
World Population Day 2013 Message by UN Secretary-General
As a staunch advocate of the education, health and rights of girls and an enduring believer in the power of young women to transform our world, I welcome the focus of this year's World Population Day... Read more
World Population Day 2013 Statement by UNFPA Executive Director
There are over 600 million girls in the world today, more than 500 million of them in developing countries. They are shaping humanity's present and future. The opportunities and choices girls have... Read more
UNFPA Maldives Country Director pays farewell call on the President
UNFPA Maldives Country Director, Ms. Lene K. Christiansen who is based in Colombo, paid a farewell call on the President on 23 May 2013. http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/Index.aspx?lid=24&... Read more
Free Cervical Cancer screening, 22-23 April 2013
Why women aged 20-50 years should get screened for cervical cancer? Cervical cancer is preventable as the disease can be detected at an early stage. At this stage there are no symptoms. How common... Read more
Towards more youth friendly health services
An in-depth consultative process brought together 30 stakeholders from the health sector to determine national standards for youth friendly health services & formulate guidelines on adolescent... Read more
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2012
On this Human Rights Day, we come together to celebrate the right to participate in public life in an inclusive way. While this right is clearly recognized in the international human rights framework... Read more
Press Release - Population of over 60 year-olds to reach one billion within the decade, finds new UN Report
Tokyo, 1 October 2012- The number of older persons is growing faster than any other age group, says a new report, Ageing in the Twenty-first Century: A Celebration and a Challenge, released today on... Read more