UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
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| UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) |
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"ICPD 94", No. 16
June 1994
Newsletter of the International Conference on Population and
Development
Cairo, Egypt, 5-13 September 1994
WORLD POPULATION DAY TO FOCUS ON ICPD THEMES
The eighth annual World Population Day will be celebrated world-
wide on 11 July 1994. Last year, activities marking the occasion
took place in more than 110 countries.
According to Dr. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Secretary-General of ICPD, this
year's celebration will help draw attention to the upcoming Cairo
Conference and to its themes of "choices and responsibilities" --
the basic right and responsibility of couples and individuals to
make informed choices about child-bearing, and the responsibility
of societies to help them in achieving their reproductive goals.
To promote World Population Day, UNFPA's Information and
External Relations Division has produced a colourful poster, a 15-
minute video (available in English, French and Spanish) emphasizing
maternal health, and a special pamphlet and a new edition of the
"Population Issues Briefing Kit" (both in English, French, Spanish
and Arabic). The kit outlines the major issues to be addressed at
ICPD.
UNFPA is also sponsoring a 5-15 July exhibit at UN
Headquarters, featuring photos and text from "Material World: A
Global Family Portrait", a book to be published in October. The
book, by Peter Menzel, will document an extraordinary project in
which 16 prominent photographers travelled to 30 countries to
photograph typical families surrounded by all their possessions --
in some cases a few jars and jugs, in others an abundance of
electronic gadgetry.
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For printed or electronic copies of the "ICPD 94" newsletter, in
English, French or Spanish, or further information, please
contact:
ICPD Secretariat 220 E. 42nd Street, 22nd floor
New York, N.Y. 10017, USA
Tel: (212) 297-5244/5245
Media contact: (212) 297-5023/5030 or 5279
Fax: (212) 297-5250
E-mail: ryanw@unfpa.org or icpd@igc.apc.org
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