<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has welcomed this week’s decision by the United Nations Member States to establish a Peacebuilding Commission.</p>

<p> <strong>BANGKOK, Thailand</strong>— A year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, work is ongoing to restore reproductive health services and address psychosocial needs in affected communities with support from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>

<p> <strong>CHANGJIANG, Hainan Province, China</strong> — The lifting of birth-spacing rules in Hainan Province, China, has led to fewer abortions and a more balanced sex ratio at birth, reports UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>

<p> <strong>KINGSTON, Jamaica</strong> — Jamaica's press has dominated the 2005 UNFPA Caribbean Media Awards, which had "Gender Equality, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals" as its main theme.</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — National laws and other practical measures must be adopted urgently to stamp out violence against women and girls, which harms the whole society and prevents women from fully contributing to development, according to participants in the 1st Mediterranean Forum on Violence Against Women.</p>

<p> <strong>GENEVA/NEW YORK</strong> — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) endorse today’s announcement by the European Union (EU) to intensify HIV prevention efforts.</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today called on the international donor community to help meet urgent reproductive health needs of victims of conflict and natural disasters around the world.</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — On World AIDS Day, 1 December 2005, UNFPA encourages everyone to tell their friends and family members just two things that could save their lives:</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Nepal’s 10-year conflict is aggravating problems in providing vital reproductive health services, especially obstetric care.</p>

<p> <strong>ANKARA, Türkiye</strong> — The eradication of killings in the name of honour in Türkiye will not succeed without eradicating the mentality driving such crimes.</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — HIV/AIDS will not be stopped unless leaders at all levels act now to boost comprehensive prevention efforts targeting vulnerable groups such as women, injecting drug users and sex workers, according to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>

<p> <strong>SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, are signing an agreement today with the Salvadoran Ministry of Defence that will help bring education in the areas of sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention to military personnel in the Central American nation.</p>