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From: katie Chau
Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:10 AM
Subject: FW: UNFPA PRESS RELEASE - Addressing World of 7 Billion, Young
Peoples Needs, Focus of UNFPAs New Leader
To: "iyoy (at) googlegroups.com"
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HQ/2011/02
1 February 2011
Addressing World of 7 Billion, Young Peoples Needs, Focus of UNFPAs New
Leader
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 1 February 2011Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new
Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today put
forth his vision as the Funds leader, focusing on the challenges of a world
population of 7 billion and the needs of the largest generation of young
people.
In his first address to the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board, Dr. Osotimehin
described a world population of 7 billion in 2011 as a major milestone in
human history, where every person should enjoy human rights and human
dignity, and have the opportunity to make the most of his or her potential.
Dr. Osotimehin, who started his four-year tenure as UNFPAs Executive
Director a few weeks ago, noted that the world's population, which has
doubled since 1967, is rising by about 78 million people each year, and is
projected to reach 9 billion by 2045. For every 100 people added to the
worlds population, he noted, 97 are in the less developed countries.
A world approaching a population of 7 billion is marked by new dynamics to
which UNFPA must support countries to respond, said Dr. Osotimehin. The
defining features are rapid urban growth in Africa and Asia, declining
fertility with variance across regionswith Africa home to the highest birth
ratesunprecedented ageing, and the worlds largest youth population.
UNFPA will place a special emphasis on todays large generation of young
people, said Dr. Osotimehin. There are an estimated 1.8 billion
adolescents and youth in the world today, accounting for nearly a third of
the world's population, he noted. Just below 90 per cent live in developing
countries, and that proportion will increase during the next 20 years. They
need increased support, and they want freedom, participation and dignity,
he added.
Investing in youth, their reproductive health and gender equality can help
put countries on a path to accelerated economic growth and equitable
development, said Dr. Osotimehin. This is the message that I will carry
forward to Istanbul in May for the Fourth United Nations Conference of the
Least Developed Countries (LDCs). He added that UNFPA will work with
development partners to mobilize support for LDCs to increase investment in
young people.
Advancing the right to sexual and reproductive health remains at the heart
of UNFPA, said Dr. Osotimehin. To garner greater progress, we will advocate
for investments by countries and donors for a comprehensive package of
integrated sexual and reproductive health services, as well as comprehensive
sexuality education.
Dr. Osotimehin re-affirmed UNFPAs commitment to the core principles of the
Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and
Development, that every person has the right to sexual and reproductive
health, every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person
has the education and services to grow up healthy, every girl is treated
with dignity and respect, and violence against women should and can end.
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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development
agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life
of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using
population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure
that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is
free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and
respect.
For more information, please contact:
Abubakar Dungus, +1 212 297 5031, dungus (at) unfpa.org
Omar Gharzeddine, +1 212 297 5028, gharzeddine (at) unfpa.org
or visit www.unfpa.org
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