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India re-elected chair of international population body
Saturday November 05, 2011 10:16:16 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Indian
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has been re-elected the
chairperson of intergovernmental body Partners in Population
Development (PPD), a statement said here Saturday.
The decision was taken during the PPD meeting in South Africa,
which concluded Friday.
The other members of the newly-constituted executive committee
include China as vice-chair, Kenya as secretary, Tunisia as
treasurer and Mexico and South Africa as members.
The PPD partner countries are from Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
India has chaired the PPD since 2009.
PPD is an inter-governmental organization created specifically for
the purpose of expanding and improving south-south collaboration
in the fields of reproductive health, population and development.
The PPD was initiated in 1994 at the International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD) held at Cairo.
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More than 2.5mn people from all
across the world have gathered in Makkah for Haj which starts
November 05, 2011 this year. Haj, the fifth pillar of Islam is
a religious journey to the House of Allah in Makkah. This is
in response to the call of Prophet Abraham when Allah
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largest gathering of Muslims as about three million Muslims
from all over the world meet to worship their Lord. All
barriers including language, color, class and race are broken.
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