Further reading on UNFPA

• Bush again withholds money from Population Fund |MORE, a decision called "appalling" by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. |MORE

• Greater Global Response Needed To Fight Sexual Violence in War Zones, UNFPA Director Says. Read further about the "grossly inadequate" global response to fighting rape and other sexual violence in war zones in this article about the June 2006 international conference called to discuss this burgeoning problem.

• "Congress Passes Foreign Operations Bill - Funds UNFPA at $34 Million: On Tuesday, November 1, 2005, the House and Senate conference committee approved the Foreign Operations budget for FY 2006 allocating $34 million to UNFPA. However, the Kemp-Kasten amendment, which allows the Administration to withhold the funds for UNFPA, remains in the bill. The Senate-passed version would have modified the amendment but the language was not approved.
  The House approved this budget on Friday, November 4th by a vote of 358-39. The bill has not yet come up for a vote in the Senate." ->> Read further

• "When disaster strikes the health needs of women are of particular concern. According to UNFPA’s Executive Director, Thoraya Obaid, " 'Our experience in responding to the earthquake in Bam, Iran, and to the tsunami, has confirmed that needs relating to pregnancy and hygiene must be addressed from the outset.' " ->> Read further: Pakistan Earthquake Relief.

• "UNFPA works with governments, other UN agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to meet the emergency reproductive health needs of refugees..." ->> Read further about UNFPA's Early Action in Extreme Situations.

• "Americans for UNFPA is dedicated to building American support for the work of UNFPA..." ..->> Read further.

• More than 500,000 women died from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth in 2000, but 99% of those maternal deaths were preventable...," according to the UNFPA report. ->> Read further.

• "President Bush is holding "hostage to politics" for "untrue" reasons funding earmarked for the U.N. Population Fund, which the organization could use to prevent two million unplanned pregnancies and 4,700 maternal deaths worldwide, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial says. ->>Read further.

• "When I walked into the maternity hospital here, I wished that President Bush were with me," states Nicholas D. Kristof in "Mr. Bush, This Is Pro-Life?" ->>Read further October 23, 2005.

• - 34 Million Friends of UNFPA is a grassroots effort working with Americans for UNFPA to balance the injustice of the U.S. failure to provide continuing funding to UNFPA.