Leading to ICPD30: CSO briefing on ICPD30 regional review

Dear Civil Society Partners,

On behalf of the ICPD30 Secretariat for the UNECE region, we are pleased to invite you to a virtual consultation for civil society on 08 September 2023, from 15:00 to 16:00 Central European time. The focus will be the upcoming ICPD30 Regional Conference, to be held in Geneva on 19-20 October.

Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the ICPD in 2024, member States, civil society representatives, and international organisations are coming together in all world regions to review progress made in implementing the Programme of Action adopted by the ICPD in 1994, discuss challenges and bottlenecks, and chart the way forward towards a region where ICPD principles are enshrined in law and respected in practice.

In the wider European region, comprising 56 member States in Europe, North America and Central Asia, the review process will culminate in a Regional Conference on ICPD30, entitled Population and Development: Ensuring Rights and Choices, which will be organised by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Geneva on 19-20 October 2023.

In this regard, we invite you to the 8 September consultation to learn more about the ICPD30 Regional Conference as well as the one-day CSO consultation on Wednesday 18 October in Geneva, and how you can engage. 

Please, kindly use the following link to register for the 8 September consultation. Zoom details and a meeting agenda will be shared with registered participants. 

Should you have any question or suggestions for issues to be addressed during the consultation, please contact Ms. Marta Diavolova  diavolova@unfpa.org or Mr. Andrey Poshtaruk poshtaruk@unfpa.org

Thank you so much in advance for your support and cooperation. We look forward to your active engagement.