UNFPA reviews last country programme cycle and signs the new one,       2007-2011

Sana'a, March, 3

    On the 3rd of March, Mr.Hans Obdeijn on behalf of United Nation Population Fund signed the new Country Programme Action Plan "CPAP" for 2007-2011 with Mr.Abdulkareem Al-Arhabi, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation on behalf of Yemeni government.

    The signing ceremony coincided with the review of the last programme cycle with UNFPA’s national partners. 

     In the opening ceremony Mr.Al-Arhabi gave a speech, expressing the importance of UNFPA role in helping Yemen in population issues. He also expressed the challenges which face Yemen. Despite the decrease of population rate from 3.5% to little higher than 3%, there are yet an opportunity for Yemen through the new country porgramme to face these challenges.

    Al-Arhabi emphasized the important of coordination between UNFPA and other organizations to improve the government’s infrastructure and institutions for a better service delivery, especially reproductive health services, to remote areas. In the end of his speech, Al-Arhabi pledged participants to actively participate in assessing the last programme cycle 2002-2006.

    From his part, Hans Obdeijn, UNFPA representative, gave a speech in which he expressed his privilege to attend this meeting along with UNFPA’s  partners in Yemen. "We will review the achievements and lessons learned from the last programme cycle 2002-2006. The signature of our CPAP - signals the start of the new progamme cycle 2007-2011" Obdeijn said.

    "The CPAP is the result of a long, joint and participatory process: CCA-UNDAF-CPD-National Workshop. Finding the best supportive role UNFPA can play – together with its key and potential partners - in Yemen will continue to address its population issues. Review of our last programme cycle: its achievements, its weaknesses, and more importantly study lessons learned" Obdeijn added. UNFPA here is to help. We are here to assist those Yemeni partners who want to make Yemen a better place and provide its new generation a better outlook. My team at UNFPA CO Yemen is relatively new, but highly motivated. We have all the institutional support and backing we need. We are here to work with you and to offer all what we have to serve our ultimate goals in helping to resolve population issue in Yemen. Obdeijn concluded.

The events attracted different Yemeni media.

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