Decisions of Commission on Population and Development and Commission on Status of Women concerning ICPD+30 and Beijing+30

In 2022 the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) passed respective resolutions on the next five-year reviews of the ICPD Programme of Action (2024) and the Beijing Platform for Action (2025). Both have strong linkages to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and support national and regional level related review processes. Summaries of the contents of each are set out below. 

Thirtieth anniversary of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development

As included in the report of its 55^th session (E/2022/25-E/CN.9/2022/7), the CPD recommended to the Economic and Social Council that it should “revert to its traditional five-year cycle for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development[1] and its contribution to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as part of a multi-year work programme aligned with the main theme of the Council and the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council. The General Assembly is also invited to hold a commemorative event in years when the Commission conducts a comprehensive review of the Programme of Action.” (Draft decision II) 

The Commission on Population and Development also decided that the special theme of its fifty-seventh session in 2024 (the ICPD+30 commemoration) should be “Assessing the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and its contribution to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development during the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”. (Decision 2022/101)

Thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

In its report of the 66^th session (E/2022/27-E/CN.6/2022/16), the Commission on the Status of Women recommends the adoption of resolution II. The resolution recalls the significance of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women and its thirtieth anniversary in 2025 and reiterates the commitment to “the full realization of gender equality  and empowerment of all women and girls by 2030, including through the contribution of a gender perspective to the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, while both recognizing “multi-stakeholder efforts towards the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, as well as the realization of their human rights, and taking note of all international, regional and national initiatives.” 

In section A, the Economic and Social Council decides the themes for the Commission for its 69^th session in 2025. It will “undertake a review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly [Beijing+5], including an assessment of current challenges that affect the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” (para 1)

It also called on all States “to undertake comprehensive national-level reviews of the progress made and challenges encountered in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third General Assembly special session.” It also encourages regional commissions to undertake regional reviews which can feed into the “2025 review to be undertaken by the Commission at its sixty-ninth session.” (para 2)

Governments are also urged, in implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as well as the outcomes of Beijing+5, to support the “role and contribution of civil society, in particular non-governmental organizations and women’s organizations, as well as national human rights institutions where they exist…”, calling on them in the preparations for the 2025 review, to collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including youth to benefit from their experience and expertise. (para 3)

In section B, the resolution requests the Commission to decide on its future multi-year programme of work at its 69^thsession in 2025, with the Secretary-General submitting his proposals on priority and review themes for 2026 and beyond. (paras 4 & 5)

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[1] This was mandated in UN General Assembly resolution 49/128, para 29