Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 3:53PM UNFPA is requesting your participation in the CSO Stakeholder Survey for ICPD Beyond 2014.
UNFPA Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 7:24AM As the ICPD Beyond 2014 operational review process continues to move into action, the December 9-10 global CSO stakeholder meeting in Istanbul, marks a joint effort to share information and receive feedback on the ICPD Programme of Action as it stands today nearly 20 years later, while also examining the current approach of the Global Survey.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 3:10PM The World at Seven Billion
TOP ISSUES – FACT SHEETS
Overview: Seven Billion People – Counting on Each Other
This global milestone is both a great opportunity and a great challenge.
Poverty and Inequality: Breaking the Cycle
Reducing poverty and inequality also slows population growth.
Women and Girls: Empowerment and Progress
Unleashing the power of women and girls will accelerate progress on all fronts.
Young People: Forging the Future
Energetic and open to new technologies, history’s largest and most interconnected population of young people is transforming global politics and culture.
Reproductive Health and Rights: The Facts of Life
Ensuring that every child is wanted, and every childbirth safe, leads to smaller and stronger families.
Environment: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
All 7 billion of us, and those who will follow, depend on the health of our planet.
Ageing: An Unprecedented Challenge
Lower fertility and longer lives add up to a new challenge worldwide: ageing populations.
Urbanization: Planning for Growth
The next two billion people will live in cities, so we need to plan for them now.
The fact sheet can be downloaded, in its entirety, from here.
UNFPA Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 3:00PM Column by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, on the 7 Billion milestone, published in the Financial Times (18 October).
The PDF is available here for download.
UNFPA Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 7:52AM General Assembly Resolution 65/234 on the follow-up to the ICPD beyond 2014 calls on UNFPA, in cooperation with all relevant organizations of the UN system and other relevant international organizations, to “undertake an operational review of the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) on the basis of the highest-quality data and analysis of the state of population and development, taking into account the need for a systematic, comprehensive and integrated approach to population and development issues”.
Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 8:52AM The adoption at the 65th Session of the General Assembly of resolution A/65/234 in December 2010 marked the start of the process towards the 20-year review of the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which will culminate in the Special Session of the 69th Session of the General Assembly. It also provides the focus for ICPD beyond 2014.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 2:41PM UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today welcomed a decision by the United Nations General Assembly to extend the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) beyond 2014.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:49AM The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held in Cairo, Egypt, from 5 to 13 September 1994. Delegations from 179 States took part in negotiations to finalize a Programme of Action on population and development for the next 20 years.
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