<p> <b>STRASBOURG, France</b> — A global Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action began today in Strasbourg, France.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — The General Assembly is today marking the tenth anniversary of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which adopted a consensus 20-year plan to provide access to reproductive health, reduce maternal deaths, promote women’s rights and help reduce poverty.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — The European Union will give $75 million this year to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to provide reproductive health supplies needed by developing countries.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — A statement by world leaders reaffirming support for the action plan of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) will give an important boost to national implementation and overall development efforts, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, said today.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — A new web site for the global Campaign to End Fistula, a tragic childbirth injury that affects at least 2 million women in developing countries, was launched today.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>—International migration is increasingly being perceived as a development tool and a main source of capital for developing countries, rather than a failure of development.</p>

UNITED NATIONS, New York—United Nations Member States will hold a special one-day General Assembly meeting and other events to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994).

<p> <b>LONDON</b>—Countries have made impressive progress in carrying out a bold action plan that links poverty alleviation to women’s rights and reproductive health, emphasizes <a href="http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/">The State of World Population 2004</a> report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>—Countries have made real progress in carrying out the 20-year action plan of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, which links poverty alleviation to women’s empowerment and universal access to reproductive health.</p>

<p> <b>LONDON</b>—Developing countries are making real gains in promoting reproductive health and women’s rights, but they are hampered by inadequate support from rich nations and serious problems persist, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund said today.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>—One day after an outbreak of Hepatitis E was confirmed in internal refugee camps in all three states in Sudan’s Darfur region, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling for immediate action to avert an epidemic among displaced Sudanese, warning that pregnant women are especially vulnerable.</p>

<p> <b>EL FASHER, Sudan</b>—Every night, women leave the relative safety of the Aboushok internal refugee camp to collect firewood. During the day they sell the wood to buy food for their families.</p>