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Signing of UNFPA Country Programme Action
Plan Marks New Start for Achieving MDGs in
Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN – On 12 February 2010,
the Government of Uzbekistan and UNFPA,
United Nations Population Fund in
Uzbekistan, took part in the signing
ceremony of the Country Programme Action
Plan (CPAP) between the Government and UNFPA
for the period of 2010 – 2015.
CPAP is a result-oriented action plan that
provides detailed information on the
proposed programme for 2010-2015, the
results the programme aims to achieve and
the strategies that will help to achieve
them.
UNFPA Country programme action plan for
Uzbekistan is built around three major
components – reproductive health and rights,
population and development, and ensuring
full implementation of women and men’s
rights, opportunities and responsibilities.
The document is designed to address the
issues seen as priorities by the Government
and civil society, and will ultimately
contribute in achieving Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) in the country.
“This Country Programme Action Plan we sign
with UNFPA today, will focus on many
important issues and will serve us in
implementing State programmes on improving
population reproductive health and
upbringing harmoniously developed new
generation,” – said Mr. Adham Ikramov,
Minister of Health of the Republic of
Uzbekistan.
During the ceremony UNFPA was assured once
again that the Cabinet of Ministers of the
Republic of Uzbekistan will undertake every
effort for smooth implementation of the new
Country programme and will ensure effective
participation of all relevant ministries and
institutions in making it a success.
During the new programme cycle, UNFPA will
assist the Government of Uzbekistan in
improving maternal health, strengthening
contraceptives logistics and management
system, expanding access of youth to
information on reproductive health and STI/HIV
prevention, ensuring effective monitoring of
MDG targets, strengthening national capacity
in demography and statistics as well as
ensuring full implementation of women and
men’s rights.
“Usual timeframe for CPAP implementation is
five years, but this time, UN team in
Uzbekistan, along with some other UN country
teams around the globe, designed a six-year
document to synchronise it with the 2015
deadline for achieving MDGs,” – commented
Ms. Nuzhat Ehsan, UNFPA Representative a.i.
in Uzbekistan. “We are very pleased to note
that the process of preparation of this
important document was facilitated in a good
spirit of One UN, under overall
coordination of the Government with
participation of all national and
international partners, to ensure we take
into account every opinion on each matter we
address through our programme.”
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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund,
is an international development agency that
promotes the right of every woman, man and
child to enjoy a life of health and equal
opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in
using population data for policies and
programs to reduce poverty and to ensure
that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth
is safe, every young person is free of
HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is
treated with dignity and respect.
For additional information please contact:
Mr. Maksim Fazlitdinov
Programme Associate on
Advocacy/Communication
UNFPA/Uzbekistan
Fazlitdinov@unfpa.org
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