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Belarus’ technical assistance project in demographics signed by Russia, UNFPA

MINSK, 9 September (BelTA) – A memorandum of understanding between the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on the project “Strengthening Capacity of the Republic of Belarus in the Area of Collection, Analysis and Use of Demographic Data for the Sustainable Development of the Country” was signed on the sidelines of the of the second regular session of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS. Belarus’ Permanent Representative to the UN Valentin Rybakov attended the signing ceremony, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

The project aims to strengthen the entire cycle of development and implementation of the national population and development policy, to improve demographic education and provide expert support to analyze existing and develop new strategic documents, policies and programs in the field of population and development for the period after 2020.

Belarus and Russia have a positive track record of cooperation in demographics. The two countries have implemented the project “Support to the implementation of the national program of demographic security of the Republic of Belarus” (2015-2017), and subprogram “Family and childhood” of the State program “People’s Health and Demographic Security of the Republic of Belarus for 2016-2020.”

Speaking at the ceremony, Valentin Rybakov expressed confidence that based on the achievements of previous projects and fruitful cooperation in demographic in general, this project, to be implemented with the UNFPA support, will further deepen partnerships between national stakeholders and experts in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in the fields of demographic statistics, population and development.

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