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| 100,000 AMERICANS SAY YES TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND |
Press conference to announce plans for the first $1 million and the campaign’s next phase. Jane Roberts, 61, of California, and Lois Abraham, 68, of New Mexico, did not know each other in July 2002, but they had the same indignant reaction when the United States Administration rescinded $34 million in funding approved by Congress for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. They emailed friends urging them to send in $1 and contact other friends to “help right this terrible wrong”. Thus, the 34 Million Friends of UNFPA Campaign was born. |
| Agence France Presse: US Poised to Yank Funding from UN Population Fund over Abortion Claims |
The United States is poised to announce that it will withdraw millions of dollars in funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) over charges it is promoting abortion and forced sterilization of women in China, US officials said Sunday.
The announcement, which could come as early as this week, will accompany the release of a report critical of UNFPA's activities in China that have drawn fire from conservative US lawmakers and anti-abortion activists, the officials said.
The State Department had been expected to make the announcement -- which will cancel 34 million dollars in UNFPA funding -- on July 15, but a senior department official said the timing had been slightly delayed.
"We're not ready to go on this for Monday," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "The language is still being prepared and the lawyers are still going over it." "Still, the intention is to put out the report and the decision at the same time and that will be soon," the official said.
"It's a tough decision and one we'll be happy to explain when we announce it," the official said.
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| China Mission Report by UK MPs |
Study tour team:
Christine McCafferty MP (Labour), Edward Leigh MP (Conservative), Norman Lamb MP (Liberal Democrat)
During the UK International Development Bill debate, amendments were proposed that restricted UK's assistance to the largest international organisations working in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights namely UNFPA and IPPF.
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| Coverage on U.S. Funding for UNFPA (updated June 2004) |
Coverage on U.S. Funding for UNFPA (updated June 2004) |
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| Alexander Sanger |
International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region |
| Arlene Fairfield |
DDB Bass & Howes |
| Brian Dixon |
Population Connection |
| Cecilia Snyder |
Communications Consortium Media Center (CCMC) |
| David Harwood |
GoodWorks Group |
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| What price victory over AIDS? How much money will it take? |
In the poorest countries of the world, approximately $2-3 billion is spent annually on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. |
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| Radio Earth Summit |
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