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06: DRAFT ICPD PROGRAMME OF ACTION

"ICPD 94", No. 12

February 1994



Newsletter of the International Conference on Population and

Development

Cairo, Egypt, 5-13 September 1994





                 DRAFT ICPD PROGRAMME OF ACTION



I.   Preamble



II.  Principles



III. The Interrelationships Between Population, Sustained Economic

     Growth and Sustainable Development

     A.   Integrating population, economic growth and development

          strategies

     B.   Population, sustained economic growth, poverty

          alleviation and human resource development

     C.   Population, sustainable development and the environment



IV.  Gender Equality and the empowerment of women

     A.   Empowerment and status of women

     B.   The girl child

     C.   Male responsibilities and participation



V.   The Family, Its Roles, Composition and Structure

     A.   Diversity of family structures and composition

     B.   Socio-economic support to the family



VI.  Population Growth and Structure

     A.   Fertility, mortality and population growth rates

     B.   Children and youth

     C.   Ageing populations

     D.   Indigenous people



VII. Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health and Family Planning

     A.   Reproductive rights and reproductive health

     B.   Family planning

     C.   Sexually transmitted diseases

     D.   Human sexuality and gender relations

     E.   Adolescents



VIII.      Health and mortality

     A.   Primary health care and the health-care sector

     B.   Infant and child mortality

     C.   Maternal morbidity and mortality

     D.   Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired

          immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)



IX.  Population Distribution, Urbanization and Internal Migration

     A.   Population distribution and sustainable development

     B.   Population growth in large urban agglomerations

     C.   Internally displaced persons



X.   International Migration

     A.   International migration and development

     B.   Documented migrants

     C.   Undocumented migrants

     D.   Refugees and asylum seekers



XI.  Population Information, Education and Communication



XII. Technology, Research and Development

     A.   Basic data collection and analysis

     B.   Reproductive health research

     C.   Social and economic research



XIII. National action

     A.   National policies and plans of action

     B.   Programme management and training of programme personnel

     C.   Resource mobilization and allocation



XIV. International Cooperation

     A.   Responsibilities of partners in development

     B.   Towards a new commitment to population funding



XV.  Partnerships with Non-governmental Groups

     A.   Local, national and international non-governmental groups

     B.   The private sector



XVI. Follow-up

     A.   National-level activity

     B.   Activity at the international level





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