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The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA office in Jamaica serves the English and Dutch Speaking Caribbean inclusive of 21 member countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and The Turks and Caicos Islands. more
New Name New Look for UNFPA Competition - The UNFPA Caribbean Population Awards
14 August 2008.
Regional journalists and individuals or groups working in the fields of population and development in the region will have the opportunity to vie for exciting prizes in the newly re-branded, United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA 2008 Caribbean Population Awards.
International Youth Day......“Youth and climate change: time for action”
August 12, 2008 .
On International Youth Day, let us recognize the potential of youth in tackling the greatest challenges of our times.
Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2008 - Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
11 July, 2008.
Today as we commemorate World Population Day, let us renew our commitment to human dignity and the right to live in freedom from fear and want. Let us accelerate efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger and to improve the health of people and our planet.
Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2008 - Harold Robinson
11 July, 2008.
The theme of this year’s World Population Day, “Family Planning: It’s a right, let’s make it real” focuses attention on one of the rights and fundamental freedoms that applies to every person, everywhere. It calls us to reflect on the 1968 proclamation by world leaders of the right of individuals and couples to decide freely and responsibly, the number and spacing of their children.
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