West Africa: UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to address AU Heads of State and Government

press release

Niamey, Niger: July 5, 2019:  The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, is expected in Niamey, Niger from 5th to 8th July 2019, for a series of engagements organized on the margins of the African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, as well as an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government to officially launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

In Niamey, the UNFPA Executive Director will address AU Heads of State and Government at a dinner courtesy of President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, host President of the current Summit, during which she will report on the progress made 25 years after the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), was adopted in Cairo in 1994. Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, Dr. Natalia Kanem will be assessing the gaps and challenges, while inviting the Heads of States and Government to recommit efforts aimed at accelerating the promise of availing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights to millions of women and girls.

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