United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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As a strong defender of international family planning, I have been a longtime supporter of UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund). UNFPA has been, and continues to be, a leader in the renewed commitment of the world community to stabilize global population and improve the status of women. The Agency operates in over 146 nations in the world and supplies ¼ of all grant assistance to population programs worldwide; more than ½ of UNFPA’s assistance is devoted to maternal and child health programs, including voluntary family planning. Since 2001, Congress has appropriated money to contribute to UNFPA each year, and each year the administration has withheld that contribution, invoking the Kemp-Kasten provision. The administration claims UNFPA supports the Chinese government in forced sterilizations and coercive abortions - a claim that was flatly refuted by the State Department’s own fact-finding team. I continue to work to restore funding to the Agency and am very hopeful that under an Obama Administration, UNFPA will get the funding it deserves and needs to continue its lifesaving work.
Legislation:
05/27/10 - H.R. 5441 Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2010
06/07/2007 - H.R. 2604, United Nations Population Fund Women's Health and Dignity Act
05/02/07 - H.R.2114, Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act
06/16/05 - H.AMDT.293, Maloney Amendment on UNFPA and Kemp Kasten
06/08/05 - H.R.2811, Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act
03/15/05 - H.AMDT.49, Maloney Amendment on UNFPA Tsunami Relief
03/01/05 - H.R.1011, Women, Children, and Infant Tsunami Victim Relief Act of 2005
02/11/04 - H.R.3810, Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act [108th Congress]
03/11/03 - H.R.1196, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 2003 [108th Congress]
07/26/02 - H.R.5293, Still Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002 [107th Congress]
03/07/02 - H.R.3916, Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002 [107th Congress]
03/20/01 - H.R.1117, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
01/31/01 - H.R.361, Saving Women's Lives Through International Family Planning Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
02/10/00 - H.R.3634, Saving Women's Lives through International Family Planning Act of 2000 [106th Congress]
03/02/99 - H.R.895, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 1999 [106th Congress]
12/13/95 - H.CON.RES.119, Legislation supporting the Beijing Conference [104th Congress]
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today applauded Congressional approval of $50 million in appropriations for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
“The House has sent a message to millions of women and children around the world: we know you have struggled and we are going to help,” Maloney said. “Instead of ignoring the world’s neediest, we will now help those who seek it, and help save women’s lives in the 150 countries where UNFPA does its valuable work.”
WASHINGTON, DC—Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) issued this statement upon
President Obama’s announcement today to repeal the “global gag rule.”
“President Obama, in his first days, is well on his way to reversing 8 years of misguided policy,” Rep. Maloney said. “In repealing the global gag rule, President Obama has stopped the export of our divisive politics and renewed the export of our rights and values of free speech and expression. I proudly stand with him and will work within Congress to increase funding for family planning services abroad so that women’s lives may be treated with the respect they deserve-- and help achieve our overall foreign policy goals of increasing democracy abroad,” Maloney concluded.
WASHINGTON, DC-- Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), a leader in the fight to fund UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, issued this statement upon President Obama's announcement to release funding for UNFPA in the next budget: President Obama is continuing to change course on women's health," Rep. Maloney said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement today on the Bush Administration’s decision to again block the United States’ contribution to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
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