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"We cannot find another major organization in the world that has a majority of its board of directors as women," Turner said.

The foundation also is trying to set an example by arranging partnerships between the United Nations and outside organizations to tackle programs from eradicating poverty to helping fight AIDS, Turner said.

Turner, the U.N.'s largest individual benefactor, gave the foundation $500 million in five years. But then he cut his annual contribution in half - from $100 million to $50 million - because his fortune took a blow following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The second $500 million will be donated over 10 years.

Nonetheless, the United Nations Foundation is still spending at the same level - $104 million in grants this year - thanks to new money from governments, foundations, corporations and non-governmental organizations.

This year Rotary International joined the U.N. Foundation, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in an innovative program to combat polio in Nigeria and Pakistan - two of the most affected countries.

Estee Lauder's MAC cosmetics subsidiary also is helping with an HIV/AIDS program aimed at young girls in Angola, South Africa and Mozambique.

Female Med School Applicants Surpass Men

By Theo Emery, Associated Press Writer

Fri Dec 5, 2003