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Mr. Jan Sand Sorensen of Denmark Arrives in Uzbekistan to Take Up Duties of UNFPA Representative a. i.

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN – On 15 May 2010, Mr. Jan Sand Sorensen arrived in Tashkent to take up the duties of UNFPA Representative ad interim in Uzbekistan and Country Director for Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.  

Mr. Sorensen comes into the region with extensive professional experience within the UN system. During his career he performed as UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Latvia (1997 – 2002), Guyana (2003 – 2004) and Romania (2008 – 2010), in which capacities he also served as UNFPA Representative. Mr. Sorensen also has a significantly long career history with the International Labor Organization (ILO) having served in various capacities: starting from Programme Officer (1983) to Senior Policy Advisor (2005). Before his UN career he served in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was a Lecturer at Universities in the United States and Denmark. 

During his stay in Uzbekistan, Mr. Sorensen will be responsible for implementation of UNFPA Country Programme in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, will assist in further strengthening policy dialogue with the Governments of these countries and advocate for UNFPA mandate in Central Asia among a large number of partners and counterparts.

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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