ABOUT UNFPA: Executive Director

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund

HOME: ABOUT UNFPA: Executive Director

Executive Director

Statements

Biography

Previous Executive Directors

Photos

Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
UNFPA Executive Director,
UN Under-Secretary-General

2008 Statements

Statements from 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |

	1 December 2008 World AIDS Day
	25 November 2008 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
	12 November 2008 Launch of The State of World Population 2008
	10 November 2008 Human Resources for Maternal Survival
	20 October 2008 Global Forum on Strengthening Partnerships with Faith Based Organizations
	17 October 2008 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
	16 October 2008 UNFPA Mourns Passing of Population Award Laureate Rosenfield
	10 October 2008 World Mental Health Day
	1 October 2008 International Day of Older Persons
	9 September 2008 Second Regular Session UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	12 August 2008 International Youth Day
	16 July 2008 Mid-Year Review of the Consolidated Appeal Process
	11 July 2008 Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2008
	16 June 2008 Annual session 2008 UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	9 June 2008 A Vision of Hope
	9 June 2008 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS
	4 June 2008 Invest in Women and Youth: It Pays
	3 June 2008 Statement of the UNFPA on the Global Food Crisis, Population and Development
	22 May 2008 Acceptance Remarks, Distinguished Alumni Award, Wayne State University
	22 May 2008 Successful Strategies for Women?s Health and Rights: Achieving MDG5
	5 May 2008 International Day of the Midwife
	7 April 2008 Putting People First
	8 March 2008 Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day
	25 February 2008 Launch of the Secretary-General's Campaign on Violence Against Women
	6 February 2008 International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
	22 January 2008 Statement at the 2008 First Regular Session of the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board

2007 Statements

	14 December 2007 UNFPA Mourns Loss of Three Staff Members, and Others, in Algiers Attack
	11 December 2007 UNFPA Condemns Algiers Attack
	10 December 2007 International Human Rights Day
	1 December 2007 World AIDS Day
	25 November 2007 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
	11 October 2007 50th Anniversary of Celade
	1 October 2007 Enact Laws to Stop Age Discrimination, UNFPA Urges Governments
	11 September 2007 Second Regular Session UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board
	9 August 2007 Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
	12 June 2007 Statement at the 2007 Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA
	15 May 2007 International Day of Families
	15 May 2007 Statement at the 60th World Health Assembly
	5 May 2007 International Day of the Midwife
	9 April 2007 A World Fit for All Ages
	2 April 2007 Maternal Death is 'Tip of Iceberg', UNFPA Executive Director Warns
	8 March 2007 Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day
	26 February 2007 Statement at the Commission on the Status of Women
	6 February 2007 Statement on the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
	25 January 2007 Statement at the 2007 First Regular Session of the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board