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Thoraya Ahmed Obaid was the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund and an Under-Secretary General of the United Nations from 2000 to 2010. Obaid is from Saudi Arabia. The United Nations Population Fund is the world’s largest multilateral source of population assistance. Ms Obaid was appointed to her position effective 1 January 2001, with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. She is the first Saudi Arabian to head a United Nations agency.

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It keeps startling me that at the beginning of this 21st century, at a time when we can. . . explore the depths of the seas and build an international space station, we have not been able to make childbirth safe for all women around the world. . . . This is one of the greatest social causes of our time.

Causes, Childbirth, Sea, Space, Women, World

We also know that the various faith-based institutions provide about 50 per cent of the health and education services in the poor communities; we also know that they have a large constituency including women and youth; they have outreach and networks and they are credible to their people. If we want to achieve the Millennium Development Foals by scaling up the responses of all the communities, do we ignore this large investment in people? Or do we engage in dialogue and in action?

Action, Community, Development, Foals, Including, People

If world leaders decide to [meet the Millennium Development Goals], I think it can be done by 2015. . . The question is, is there a political will to make this investment?

Goal, Make, Millennium, Political Will, Think, Thinking

We cannot confront the massive challenges of poverty, hunger, disease and environmental destruction unless we address issues of population and reproductive health

Challenges, Environmental, Issues, Population, Reproductive

The challenge for UNFPA is to help countries as we always have with no agenda of our own; with sensitivity towards unique cultural values; with an infinite willingness to work with whatever is positive; and with a determination to help countries and people turn universal principles into concrete action.

Action, Country, Determination, Infinite, People, Unique

We are reviewing our experience to enable us to respond to the cultural challenge: to help countries, communities and individuals interpret universal principles, translate them into culturally sensitive terms and design programmes based on them, programmes that people can really feel are their own.

Country, Culturally, Design, People, Terms, Universal

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