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UN Population Fund and the Belarusian Basketball Federation organized a Christmas Basketball Tournament between veterans and juniors
On December 24 the Christmas Basketball Tournament between veterans and juniors was organized at the basketball club “Minsk-2006”. The tournament was organized by the UN Population Fund and the... Read more
“Let’s be Belarusians!” joined the awareness raising campaign “Home without Violence”
The national awareness raising campaign “Home without Violence” was launched on November 27. It is conducted jointly by the ministries and other state governing bodies, UN agencies and non-... Read more
Training “Peculiarities of the management and organization of the operation of crisis centres/rooms” is held December 12 – 15 in Brest
The representatives of the committees on labour, employment and social security of oblast executive committees, administrations of territorial centres providing social services to the population and... Read more
The new UNFPA Country Director for Belarus arrived in Minsk with the first working visit
Today Ms. Nuzhat Ehsan, the new UNFPA Country Director for Belarus, who is at the same time the UNFPA Representative for Ukraine, arrived in Minsk with her first working visit. During the visit Ms... Read more
European, Central Asian Religious Leaders to Meet in Minsk to Improve Maternal Health and End Gender-Based Violence
Leaders of Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith–based organizations will convene in Minsk, Belarus, on 31 August–2 September, on the occasion of the Europe and Central Asia Faith–Based Organizations... Read more
UNFPA to Support the 2009 Census in Belarus
UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus signed an Agreement on the implementation of the Project “Support to the 2009 Population... Read more
Let us create a society for all ages
The United Nations General Assembly designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons on 14 December 1990. By definition of the UN Statistical Bureau, an “older person” is a person, who... Read more
The UNFPA State of World Population Report 2006 focuses on international migration
For the past 50 years the number of people residing outside their native land has almost doubled. In 2005 the number reached 191,000,000 (one hundred ninety one million) people. If now all... Read more
CENTRalized struggle for youth health in Belarus
UNFPA, Minsk, 14 August 2006 - By the end of 2006 preparation for opening Youth Health Centers in all Belarus’ regions will have been completed. By today 4 centers have been opened in Gomel, Mogilyov... Read more
UNFPA: youth sickness rate has increased in Belarus
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), youth sickness rate has surged by 30.9 per cent for the past 10 years. In UNFPA view, taking into account Belarus’ population reduction by 49.... Read more