The 54th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development begins at 10am on Monday 19 April with an in-person meeting, chaired by Ambassador Yemdaogo Eric Tiare. Opening statements will be made by Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy-Secretary-General; HE Alpha Barry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Bukinabè Abroad, Burkina Faso; Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPA; Qu Dongyu, Director-General, FAO; Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development; Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA); and Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit.
The keynote address will be given by Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck of Bhutan.
The meeting will elect the officers and adopt the agenda and organization of work.
The draft programme is available here.
For further information see: https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/events/commission-population-and-development-fifty-fourth-session