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Latin America and Caribbean

Latin American and Caribbean Region Begins Preparations for 1994



Mexico City will be the site of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional 

Population Conference scheduled for May/June 1993. The Economic Commission 

for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Latin American 

Demographic Centre (CELADE) will organize the Conference in cooperation with 

UNFPA.



The Conference will be preceded by a Meeting of Government Experts in Saint 

Lucia, from 6-9 October 1992, also organized in cooperation with UNFPA. The 

Meeting will provide a forum to discuss the topics on the agenda for the 

1994 Conference and to seek a consensus on the issues.



The specific issues to be discussed at the Saint Lucia Meeting correspond to 

the general theme of the International Conference on Population and 

Development, 1994, i.e. the complex interactions between population, 

sustained growth and sustainable development. Special attention will be paid 

to population dynamics and poverty alleviation, as well as to the particular 

situation of the English-speaking countries of the region.



	The following scientific papers will be presented at the Saint Lucia 

Meeting:



1)	Population growth, fertility and mortality transition, changes in 

demographic 	structure, including ageing, and trends in population 

distribution, migration and 	urbanization;



2)	Demographic dynamics and development in the Caribbean sub region;



3)	Population programmes and policies and their integration into economic 

and 	social development policies and plans;



4)	Interrelationships among population growth and distribution, environment 

and 	sustainable development;



5)	Roles and socio-econonmic situation of women and population dynamics; and





 6)	Family planning, health and family well-being, with particular emphasis 

on the 	situation of adolescents.



No dates have yet been set for the Regional Population Conference in Mexico 

City.