Further information on UN General Assembly Debate on follow-up to ICPD Programme of Action

The following information and clarifications about the UN General Assembly Debate on follow up to ICPD Programme of Action on 9 October have been made available to us by Kwabena Osei-Danquah and members of the UNFPA ICPD Beyond 2014 staff:

There will be no resolutions at the end of the debate.

At the end of the UNGASS, the General Assembly agreed, without objection or reservation, to the procedural conclusion of the session. It reads:

"May I take it that the General Assembly, recalling the reports of the Secretary-General circulated in documents A/S-29/3 and A/S-29/4 and the report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session circulated in document A/S-29/5, wishes to take note of the deliberations of the Special Session on the findings and recommendations contained therein?"

By this oral decision, the Member States have formally acknowledged the framework for actions for the follow up to the Programme of Action beyond 2014 and the steps for further implementation, taking into account their respective statements in the special session. 

The “Framework of Actions for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014” is set out in A/S-29/3, the “Recurrent themes and key elements identified during the sessions of the Commission on Population and Development is set out in A/S-29/4 , and the “Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session”, as set out in A/S-29/5. Together they defines the road map for moving forward and include the regional outcomes and the findings and recommendations of the ICPD beyond 2014.

Please note that the General Debate will be webcast on http://webtv.un.org/.