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From New York, news has come of the retirement of Mr. Joseph Chamie, Director, Population Division, DESA, effective from 31 December.
Mr. Chamie received his doctoral degree in sociology, majoring in the field of population, from the University of Michigan. He has worked in various regions of the world, specializing primarily in Asia and Africa. Among others, he has conducted research and taught at universities in the United States of America and elsewhere.
During his career with the United Nations, Mr. Chamie has been responsible for a variety of activities, including estimates and projections of population, assessing national population policies, determinants and consequences of population trends, population and development interrelationships, and international conferences on population and development. He has also completed numerous studies on a variety of topics such as fertility, marriage, family planning, population estimates and projections, ageing, urbanization, international migration, and population and development policy.
Following his separation from service, Mr. Chamie is planning to engage in new career challenges in the field of population and development.