<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - With millions more newly infected with HIV every year - 5.3 million in 2000 - the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is supporting intensified action to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS.</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid, and the President of Rotary International, Frank Devlyn, today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to work together on population and reproductive health issues and promote awareness worldwide of the social, economic and environmental implications of population growth and challenges.</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>NEW YORK</b> - Dr. Nafis Sadik, former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning will share the 2001 United Nations Population Award.</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>Istanbul</b> - Funding required for contraceptive commodities for family planning and condoms for preventing sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, will rise from $946 million in 2002 to $1.8 billion per year by 2015, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid, said today.</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>ABUJA, Nigeria</b> - A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today in a <a href="3770">statement</a> to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases.</p>

<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK</b> – The United Nations Population Fund’s Goodwill Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, Waris Dirie, has been honoured by a United States charity, Childhelp USA, for her efforts to curb the practice.</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>United Nations, New York</b> - Representatives of the three partner agencies involved in the African Youth Alliance (AYA) visited Ghana and Botswana during the first week of April in preparation for the implementation phase of the Alliance’s programme.</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>United Nations, New York</b> - Ms. Thoraya A. Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), today released the following statement on the occasion of World Health Day:</p>

<p class="bodytext"> <b>United Nations, New York</b> – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today hailed the verdict handed down yesterday by the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Three individuals were convicted for rape and enslavement of women as crimes against humanity.</p>

<p> <b>United Nations, New York</b> - A new report enumerates the actions the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking to make motherhood safer in developing countries.</p>

<p> <b>United Nations, New York</b> – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced today it is supporting 12 mobile health clinics in Gujarat State, India, and providing counselling support to women affected by the recent earthquake.</p>

<p> <b>United Nations, New York</b> - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed French actress Elsa Zylberstein as its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for France. She was formally introduced in that capacity in the French Senate in Paris.</p>