Seminar on the Relevance of Population Aspects

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR ON THE RELEVANCE OF POPULATION ASPECTS FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS New York, 17-19 November 2004 To provide input for a report to the Commission on Population and Development on the contribution of the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), in all its aspects, to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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Proceedings of the meeting				IMPORTANT LINKS
Preface and notes				United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Executive Summary				The Millennium Project
Part I				Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Report of the meeting Annex I. Agenda and organization of work Annex II. List of Participants Part II Can the Cairo consensus contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa? Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Relevance of goals, objectives and actions in the ICPD Programme of Action for the achievement of MDG goals in Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations ICPD and MDGs: How are they linked? Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Population aspects in the reduction of hunger Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations Activities of the International Labour Organization in relation to the ICPD Programme of Action and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals ILO programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work Impact of demographic trends on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education Nicole Bella, UNESCO and Said Belkachla, UNESCO Institute for Statistics Contribution of the ICPD Programme of Action to gender equality and the empowerment of women Karen Oppenheim Mason, The World Bank Improving maternal health: the need to focus on reaching the poor Eduard Bos, The World Bank Population dynamics and reducing maternal mortality World Health Organization Missing links: gender equality, the MDGs, and the International Conference on Population and Development Hilary Anderson, International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), United Nations The relevance of the ICPD Programme of Action for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals - and vice versa: shared visions and common goals Stan Bernstein, Senior Policy Advisor for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Emily White, Research Analyst, Millennium Project Relevance of population aspects for the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 6 and 3: combatting the spread of HIV/AIDS Aurorita Mendoza, UNAIDS The relevance of the ICPD Programme of Action for the achievement of a global partnership for development United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) The ICPD and MDGs: close linkages United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Population, refugees and the Millennium Development Goals: a UNHCR perspective United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Achieving the Millennium Development Goal to reduce under-five child mortality: a UNICEF perspective Kopano Mukelabai, Senior Health Advisor, UNICEF Addressing the MDGs and targets for education and gender comments on selected aspects linked to the ICPD Programme of Action Carol Watson, Senior Adviser Education, UNICEF The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and migration International Organization for Migration The demographic dividend and poverty reduction Andrew Mason, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Sang-Hyop Lee, East-West Center Population, poverty reduction, and the Cairo agenda David E. Bloom and David Canning, Harvard School of Public Health The contributions of the ICPD Programme of Action toward achieving the reduction of hunger Benjamin Senauer, University of Minnesota ICPD to MDG: Targets and mechanisms for child mortality reduction Kenneth Hill, Johns Hopkins University The place of the urban poor in the Cairo Programme of Action and the Millennium Development Goals Mark R. Montgomery, SUNY and Population Council ICPD and the health-MDGS World Health Organization