UNFPA Executive Director to Visit Yemen [Archives:1999/17/Local News]
April 26 1999
Dr. Nafisa Sadik, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will visit Yemen during May 1-3, 1999. She will meet with government officials to discuss population and development issues. She will also visit UNFPA funded projects, and consult with key donors.
Dr. Sadik, appointed in 1987, was the first woman to head one of the United Nations major voluntarily funded programs.
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