• Tuesday, June 14, 2011
• Inter Press Service

The winners of the 2011 United Nations Population Award will receive their awards this week during an official ceremony at the organization’s headquarters. The laureates were chosen by the Committee for the United Nations Population Award for their work in population and in improving the health and welfare of individuals. The Committee is made of 10 United Nations Member States and others, with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, serving as its secretariat.

The 2011 Laureates are: Professor Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Chairman, Division of Population Research, University of Tehran; Future Fellow, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute.and L’Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD) (represented by Professor Evina Akam, interim IFORD Executive Director) The hosts at the award ceremony will be Ambassador Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations; Chairperson, Committee for the Unite Nations Population Award , Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA The ceremony will take place at the Economic and Social Council Chamber at 5-6 p.m., Thursday, 16 June.

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