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Scenes from the Closing Plenary Chair Anwarul Karim Chowdhury reports on the outcome of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole (left) Argentina makes a reservation |
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President of the Special Session and of the General Assembly, Dider Opertti, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay and President of the GA's 53rd regular session and the Special Session (middle) The US makes a general statement |
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During
a press conference, Chowdhury said the consensus reached indicated
that the international community continues to be committed to
the area of population|
Press Conference on the
conclusions of the work of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole with
Dr. Nafis Sadik, UNFPA Executive Secretary, PrepCom Chair Anwarul
Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh) and Joseph Chamie, Director of the
UN DESA Population Division
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Dr. Nafis Sadik said developing countries have fulfilled two-thirds of the financial commitment they made in Cairo, while donor countries have have only fulfilled one-third of the $5.7 billion they committed to provide Joseph Chamie, Dr. Sadik and Ambassador Chowdhury and Stirling Scruggs, Director of Information and External Relations, UNFPA |
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Magaret Pollack, Director, Office of Population, United States Department of State and head of the US delegation to the PrepCom |
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Frank Loy, US Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
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Peggy Curlin, President of the Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) commented on inclusion in the text of actions on AIDS, an that was barely touched upon at Cairo |
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