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16 December 2013
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UN chief appeals to Central African people to end bloodshed
New York, United States: The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, made a personal radio appeal to the citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) to end the bloodshed…
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13 December 2013
Condomise campaign causes a storm at ICASA 2013
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, ICASA 2013 — “There is too much of a stigma around condoms. Young people need to protect themselves against HIV and Aids.” With these words, Bidia…
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10 December 2013
Statement
The path to human-centred development
Full enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights can mean the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of women and adolescent girls: the difference…
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10 December 2013
UN chief attends memorial service for Mandela in South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Johannesburg, where he joins scores of world leaders at the official memorial service for former…
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06 December 2013
UN honours Nelson Mandela as champion of peace, reconciliation
New York, United States – The United Nations family on 6th December mourned the loss – and celebrated the enduring legacy – of Nelson Mandela , the former South African leader and…
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06 December 2013
Statement
His deep conviction, passion, humility and courage characterized everything he did
It is with deep sadness that I learned of the death of former South African President and anti-apartheid stalwart, Nelson Mandela. The world has lost a true statesman, a leader…
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03 December 2013
UNFPA delivers women’s health services amid intercommunal clashes in Central African Rep.
The Central African Republic is facing since March 2013, its worst humanitarian crisis after the former coalition of rebels, Seleka, overthrew then President Francois Bozize…
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01 December 2013
Zeroing in on women, youths' needs to achieve antiAIDS goals
The UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, acknowledged the significant progress made in reaching the goals of zero in the fight against HIV/AIDS, pointing out that…
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28 November 2013
Eliminate, prevent violence against women to facilitate civic engagement, role in development
Given that one of every three women in the world has been subjected to physical, emotional and/or verbal abuse in her lifetime, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)…
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