UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
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| UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) |
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ACC Ad hoc Task Force Holds First Formal Meeting In October 1991, the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), which ensures inter-agency coordination within the UN system, established an Ad hoc Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development. The Task Force includes the regional commissions and organizations of the United Nations system that carry out population activities on a regular basis. Two meetings of the Task Force have already taken place. The first, convened in January 1992 following the Expert Group Meeting on Population, Environment and Development, was an informal consultation to exchange information and views on preparatory activities. The first formal meeting of the Task Force was on 6 July 1992, with representation from ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA, Habitat, UNCTAD, UNEP, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNOV, WFP and WHO, along with UNFPA and the UN Population Division. The Task Force reviewed preparatory activities and arrangements and examined a proposed outline for the Fourth Review and Appraisal of the World Populaffon Plan of Action, one of the principal documents of the 1994 Conference. The members suggested that the proposed outline include more emphasis on the family and changes in family formation and structure. The Secretariat indicated that more specific guidelines were needed from the Preparatory Committee and the Economic and Social Council concerning the recommendations that the 1994 Conference would adopt. The preparatory work of the 1994 Conference, some members suggested, could be complemented by certain activities in their own organizations. These included the International Congress on Population Education and Development that will be held in 1993; ~e follow-up activities to meet the basic education needs of youth and adults, identified at the World Conference on Education for All (Jomtien, March 1990); and activities related to the 1994 International Year of the Family. The next meeting of the Task Force will likely be held during the ECOSOC session in Geneva in July 1993.