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UN Population Fund signs new accord with nearly 80 developing countries
Brussels, Belgium - Seventy-nine member governments of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) today signed an agreement in Belgium with the United Nations Population Fund to work together to tackle problems of reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS.
"UNFPA and the ACP Group share the objective of poverty elimination and recognize that population and reproductive health programmes are crucial to attaining the Millennium Development Goals," said UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid at the signing ceremony in Brussels.