With a contribution of $ 80,880,873 the Netherlands is the biggest contributor to the regular resources of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2009. In 2009, UNFPA resources included $486.4 million in regular resources income, the highest total ever in the history of UNFPA. The Netherlands is also overall the biggest contributor to UNFPA.

Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and right are important priorities in the Netherlands development policy. Because of its mandate UNFPA is a major development partner of the Netherlands. UNFPA 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 programmes 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.

Click here to read the 2009 Statistical and Financial Review of UNFPA in full.

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