5 May 2013

International Day of the Midwife

 Skilled midwives, with the equipment and support they need, can spell the difference between life and death for close to 300,000 women each year, and ten times that many infants.

The 46th Session of the Commission on Population and Development commenced its official meetings on Monday, 22 April 2013, in New York. The session is chaired by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations, Ambassador Vlad Lupan, elected in this position in April 2012.

New York, 22 April 2013

Thank you very much for the opportunity to address this Commission. I welcome the Commission’s broad perspective on migration.

I follow the issue very closely. I have made a point of participating in the Global Forum on Migration and Development. Last November I was unable to attend because of a crisis in the Middle East. But I sent a message through my Special Representative for Migration and Development.

This year, our challenge is to pave the way for success at the General Assembly’s second High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, to be held this October.

Migration is a fact of life in our globalizing world. Whether it takes place within countries or across borders, migration can bring people together.

People have different ways to describe the result – they speak of a melting pot, or a mosaic. By any name, migration offers challenges we must face and benefits we can harness.

The 46th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) will be held in New York from 22 to 26 April under the priority theme, “New trends in migration: demographic aspects”.

International migration is an integral aspect of the global development process.  Migrants play and important role in promoting development and reducing poverty in countries of origin, and contributing towards prosperity in countries of destination.  With the decline in fertility in many parts of the world, migration has taken on increased significance, becoming an important component of population growth in many countries.

„The participation of a loved person during childbirth it gives women confidence. Partnership at birth is a way to avoid fear and distrust. Close person can help the woman to relax, feel safe, leading to an increase in the amount of hormones endorphins, which help to decrease pain during childbirth”, said Dr. Vera Melniciuc, Head of Women’s Health Centre „Dalila”, institution which has participated in the project “Partnership at birth”, implemented by UNFPA.

In Moldova, as in other countries, a person who is present during childbirth can be the spouse, mother, sister or friend. For a safe birth is important that the women, partner and doctor have formed an united team, and are communicating and collaborating effectively for the best of child and mother.

CHISINAU, April 5, 2013—The United Nations and its partners are today marking the milestone of 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

“The MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. “The Goals have helped set global and national priorities, mobilize action, and achieve remarkable results.”

UNFPA is looking for potential NGOs to implement the below outputs of its Country Programme:

1. Strengthened national systems for reproductive health commodity security.