Sunday, July 11, 2004

WORLD POPULATION DAY, July 11th 2004



"Ten years ago, 179 governments promised to improve the quality of life for women and families with access to health care, education, a clean environment and reproductive rights. Ten years later, we can say that significant progress has been achieved...But much more needs to be done. Nothing demonstrates the urgent need for greater action than the issue of safe motherhood. Today, each and every minute a mother goes missing. She perishes in childbirth or from complications of pregnancy. And the tragedy is compounded by the fact that nearly all of these deaths are preventable"

Message by Ms. Thoraya A. Obaid
Executive Director,
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

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