Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 10:41AM Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 7:34AM Part III – UN Economic Regional Conference – Enabling Choices: Population Priorities for the 21st Century, Geneva 1-2 July 2013
The high-level regional conference Enabling Choices: Population Priorities for the 21st Century was held in Geneva on 1-2 July 2013, organized jointly by UNFPA and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and hosted by the Government of Switzerland.
Following the presentations and discussions the Chair’s Summary was presented at the final session. In its Progress and Recommendations it includes the following in the various sections.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 6:41AM Part II – Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States: Development Challenges and Population Dynamics in a Changing Arab World, Cairo Egypt, 24-26 June 2013
(The following reports on the Civil Society meeting, the Youth Forum and the Regional Conference are based on the report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF))
The ICPD review process is gaining momentum as the first of five regional inter-governmental population conferences has concluded with successful outcomes in Cairo, in a conference hosted by the League of Arab States.
The Inter-governmental meeting was preceded by a civil society meeting convened by IPPF Arab World Regional Office and a Youth Forum convened by the Arab Youth Coalition for Population and Development.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 6:19AM Part I -- UNFPA presents findings on the Global Survey to Governments
UNFPA presented the initial findings of the Global Survey to United Nations member states to review the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development. Completed by 176 governments, the Survey will contribute to the Operational Review, which was called for in General Assembly resolution 65/234. As stated on the ICPD Beyond 2014 website “the survey set out to capture what had been achieved since 1994 as well as gaps, challenges, emerging issues and future priorities of governments in relation to the ICPD agenda. It is the first time in the 20 years since the ICPD Programme of Action was created that such a comprehensive and rigorous approach has taken place to assessing progress.”
Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:53PM Governments under the leadership of the Co-chairs, the Permanent Representatives of South Africa and Ireland, held open consultations in New York on 24 June on the zero draft of the Outcome document for the Special Event towards achieving the MDGs, to be held on 25 September 2013.
UNGA Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 7:21AM The ICPD review process is gaining momentum as the first of five regional inter-governmental population conferences is currently underway in Cairo, hosted by the League of Arab States. The Inter-governmental meeting was preceded by a civil society meeting convened by IPPF Arab World Regional Office and a Youth Forum convened by the Arab Youth Coalition for Population and Development.
The civil society meeting convened by IPPF was attended by national NGOs from each country in the region, with strong participation from the youth forum.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 1:01PM The UN Millennium Campaign have announced that there will be a Post-2015 Outreach Group meeting/call tomorrow Wednesday 26th June 2013 at 3pm GMT (11am in NY / 5pm in Geneva / 10pm in Bangkok). For other cities and time zones click here. The Secretariat apologies for the very shot notice.
Beyond2015 Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 12:49PM Youth and education were among the topics for consideration during the morning meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) Session 4. Below are some of the comments made by different delegations. These provide an indication as to the support that different countries might give to potential goals and targets.
Tuesday 18 June
Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:41AM The Open Working Group (OWG) considered Health, Population Dynamics during its 4th session on 18-19 June 2013. The topics were introduced through keynote addresses by Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, Deputy-Director, WHO and Dr Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institute, Gapminder Foundation and the TST issues notes were presented by WHO and UNFPA. The panelists for the interactive exchange of views were Dr. Jeanette Vega, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation and Dr. Paulina K. Makinwa-Adebusoye, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 5:36PM On the 31st of May the report of the High Level Panel “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development” was launched. Here are some of the statements and responses to the report: