UNITED NATIONS POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK (POPIN) UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

Developing Countries

Developing Countries Signal Strong Support for Cairo Conference



Clear indications of the commitment of developing countries to the 

objectives of the International Conference on Population and Development, 

1994 have been forthcoming from several recent developing nation 

conferences.



At their Tenth Conference, heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned 

Countries noted with deep concern the importance and urgency of the 

population question and stressed the need to address population and 

development concerns in a fully integrated manner. Non-Aligned Movement 

(NAM) leaders called for more South-South cooperation in education, 

awareness-creation, safe motherhood and family planning; an intensified 

exchange of information regarding experiences with population and family 

planning programmes; and the establishment of joint and cooperative schemes 

for the production of medical supplies required for family planning 

programmes.



To ensure that NAM members are fully prepared for the 1994 Conference and 

its preparatory process, a ministerial meeting will be convened to formulate 

guidelines for preparations by member countries. No date has yet been set 

for the meeting.



Meeting in New York on 1 October, Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 

welcomed the convening of the 1994 Conference in Cairo and underlined the 

importance of the relationship between population and development and the 

need for all countries to strengthen awareness of population issues.



The need to address population issues has also been of concern to the Summit 

Level Group for South-South Consultation and Cooperation (Group of Fifteen). 

The Group called upon the 1994 Conference to "provide the opportunity to 

work out and adopt policies and programmes aimed at achieving global 

demographic objectives."