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The United Nation Population Fund and the Government of Tunisia launch a Centre of Excellence for Youth in the Arab Region
Tunis, Tunisia, 9 July 2021- The Government of Tunisia, represented by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Professional Inclusion, and the UNFPA Arab States Regional Office (UNFPA ASRO) launched... Read more
World Population Day Statement
The COVID-19 pandemic may have lasting consequences on population. For some, it has led some to postpone childbearing. For others, disruptions in health care have led to unintended pregnancies. ... Read more
Support from France to safeguard health and lives of millions of women and girls
The Government of France has announced its intention to contribute €90 million to the UNFPA Supplies Partnership — a flagship programme that provides modern contraceptives and life-saving maternal... Read more
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director and the Prime Minster of the Kurdistan Region discuss census, population development and women rights
Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 23 June 2021 - The UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Ib Petersen; UNFPA Regional Director for the Arab States, Dr. Luay Shabaneh... Read more
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director meets the President of Iraq and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Baghdad, Iraq, 20 June 2021 - The UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Ib Petersen; UNFPA Regional Director for the Arab States, Dr. Luay Shabaneh; and the UNFPA... Read more
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director and UNFPA Regional Director for the Arab States arrive in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 19 June 2021 - The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and United Nations Population Fund Deputy Executive Director (DED), Mr. Ib Petersen, and UNFPA Regional Director for... Read more
Joint Statement by Muhannad Hadi, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis and Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Regional Director
Amman and Cairo, 19 June 2021 - Today, as we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we firmly reiterate the United Nation’s commitment to making the prevention... Read more
STATEMENT ON THE RENEWAL OF HUMANITARIAN LIFELINE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN NORTH-WEST SYRIA
(Rome/Geneva/New York, 18 June 2021): Millions of people are pressed up against the border in an active war zone in north-west Syria and remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive. The UN needs... Read more
Statement of the Regional Director on the killing of a young pregnant wife in Palestine
Cairo, 14 June 2021 – UNFPA Arab States Regional Director, Dr. Luay Shabaneh, condemned the killing of a young pregnant woman in Khan Yunis, Palestine. "This type of heinous crimes is not acceptable... Read more
European Union supports UNFPA for lifesaving aid to women, girls and the displaced in Yemen
Sana’a, 13 June 2021 – Nearly half a million of the most vulnerable women and girls in Yemen will receive emergency relief, life-saving reproductive health and mental health services thanks to a EUR... Read more