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Paris Site of Expert Group

Paris Site of Expert Group Meeting on Population Growth and Demographic 

Structure



 One of the six groups of issues identified by the Economic and Social 

Council as requiring the greatest attention during the forthcoming decade 

from the international community and from the 1994 Conference, is population 

growth, changes in demographic structure, including ageing of the 

population, and the regional diversity of such changes, with particular 

emphasis on the interaction between demographic variables and socio-economic 

development.



These issues will be discussed at an up-coming Expert Group Meeting on 

Population Growth and Demographic Structure, which will take place from 

16-20 November 1992 in Paris, at the invitation of the French Government. 

The Meeting will mark the fifth of six expert group meetings leading to the 

International Conference on Population and Development, 1994.



The meeting will be held at UNESCO Headquarters. Organized by the Population 

Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Development 

and the United Nations Population Fund, in cooperation with the Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Cooperation and the Ministry of Social 

Affairs of France, the group of gathered experts will debate the complex 

interrelationships between demographic variables and socio-economic 

development. The links between population growth and socio-economic 

development have been the subject of intense controversy for more than two 

decades.



Invited scholars from around the world, as well as representatives of United 

Nations bodies and organizations, regional commissions, specialized agencies 

and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations will attend. Each 

of the experts will submit a technical paper in his or her field of 

specialization. Participants will discuss the issues during the eight 

scheduled plenary sessions.



Participants will debate the following topics: socio-economic development 

and population trends; demographic changes and social development; 

population and poverty; population growth and labour absorption; and ageing 

issues in both the developing and developed world.



To conclude the week of deliberations, a set of recommendations will be 

adopted by participants and will be forwarded to the Preparatory Committee 

of the 1994 Conference. These recommendations, along with those from the 

other five expert group meetings, will provide input and a scientific basis 

for the formulation of recommendations at the 1994 Conference.