The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA mission statement UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries around the world in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe for the mother and the child, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA - because everyone counts. UNFPA is directed in its work by several international agreements, in particular the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, 1994. UNFPA's work is also guided by the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and it contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA in Bulgaria UNFPA provides support to the Government in improving Sexual and Reproductive health of the population and meeting the international commitments and MDGs national targets. Priority areas of assistance are: Sexual and Reproductive health - policy formulation, data collection and analyses, life skills based education and peer education and quality of health service provision; Population policies development and implementation. Priority target groups are young people (age 10-24 years) and women read more