UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin with youth participation in an information session on sexual and reproductive health in Balangiga, Philippines. Photo: UNFPA/Eric de Castro

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin meets children in UNICEF's child friendly space in Tacloban, situated next to UNFPA's Women Friendly Space. Photo: UNFPA/Eric de Castro

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin inaugurates UNFPA's Emergency Maternity Unit in Palo, Leyte with the Secretary of Health, Enrique Ona. Photo: UNFPA/Eric de Castro

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin meets youth delegates from the United Nations at the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, at Independence Square in Montevideo. Photo: UNFPA/David Puig

UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, with a Syrian Teenage Girl with Special Needs in Nizip Camp in Türkiye. Photo: UNFPA/Nezih Tavlas

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin talks with young refugees in Za'atri camp in Jordan. Photo: UNFPA/Ra’ed Addayleh

Opening reception of UNFPA/VII exhibit "Too Young to Wed" on the inaugural Day of the Girl Child 11 October 2012
From left to right: Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General, Ms. Ban. Photo: Whitney Kidder

Opening reception of UNFPA/VII exhibit "Too Young to Wed" on 11 October 2012
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, greeting Ban-Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General.  In the background is Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director.  Photo: Whitney Kidder

UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Archbishop Desmond Tutu at UNFPA/VII exhibit "Too Young to Wed".
Photo: UNFPA/Omar Gharzeddine