UNITED NATIONS, New York — Today, UNFPA joined the United Nations system in declaring a level 3 emergency – the highest level of emergency in UN terms – following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

NIAMEY, Niger—A new regional initiative by the World Bank Group and UNFPA will improve maternal and reproductive health and address issues related to adolescent girls in the Sahel.

LONDON/UNITED NATIONS, New York — Motherhood in childhood is a huge global problem, especially in developing countries, where every year 7.3 million girls under 18 give birth, according to The State of World Population 2013, released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — African governments today issued a strong reaffirmation of their common commitment to prioritizing the needs and rights of women, girls and young people.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — As Ministers from across Africa gathered for the opening of the Ministerial Segment of the African Regional Conference on Population and Development, there was a clear acknowledgement that Africa has made considerable progress in the twenty years since the ICPD Programme of Action was adopted and a call for the continent to keep the moving forward.

BANGKOK, Thailand – A regional ministerial conference of Asian and Pacific governments has issued a strong reaffirmation that gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights are indispensable to sustainable development, and must be a key part of the post-2015 development framework.

BANGKOK, Thailand (UNESCAP) — More than 400 delegates from 47 countries are in Bangkok this week to attend the Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference. They will review population and development challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region, including the unprecedented pace of population ageing, migration, and urbanization and changing household and family structures.

UNITED NATIONS, New York—USAID and UNFPA, two of the longest-serving development agencies addressing population concerns, announced today new efforts to strengthen their collaboration to advance reproductive health, including voluntary family planning, worldwide.

The First Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded today, with the adoption of adoption of the Montevideo Consensus, a wide-ranging agreement on priority actions on several issues.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay— The First session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean opened here on Monday, with representatives from more than 30 Latin American and Caribbean countries, who will discuss a regional population and development agenda beyond 2014.

UNITED NATIONS, Johannesburg—UNFPA will support eight African countries’ efforts to improve the reproductive health of adolescent girls.

The World Bank Group (WBG) has released a new standard agreement form that will make it easier for World Bank Group borrowers to procure reproductive health supplies through the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).