UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
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This newsletter is being made available by the Population
Information Network (POPIN) Gopher of the United Nations Population
Division, Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy
Analysis, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA).
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Cairo, Egypt
5-13 September 1994
"ICPD 94" newsletter, Number 22
Final Issue, December 1994
UNFPA GEARS UP TO IMPLEMENT ICPD PROGRAMME OF ACTION
Immediately after the ICPD Programme of Action was adopted, many
groups turned their focus and their energies to its implementation.
Not surprisingly, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
has been among the most active in determining what will be needed
to put the commitments of Cairo into practice. All units of the
Fund have been actively engaged in reviewing current practices and
policies to ensure that they fit into the population and
development philosophy embodied in the Programme of Action.
To complement the work of UNFPA's various geographic,
technical and information/external relations divisions in this
regard, the Fund's Executive Director Dr. Nafis Sadik has announced
the creation of a new unit, the Task Force on ICPD Implementation.
Under the direction of Dr. Sadik, the Task Force will be
headed by Ms. Catherine S. Pierce, who has been Chief of the Women,
Population and Development Branch of UNFPA's Technical and
Evaluation Division.
The Task Force will: plan and support ICPD follow-up
activities at various levels, in cooperation with the UNFPA
divisions and units concerned; report on developments related to
the Programme of Action in the General Assembly, the Economic and
Social Council and other UN bodies; bring ICPD-related matters to
the attention of UNFPA divisions, field offices and Country Support
Teams; and provide secretariat support to the Executive Director
for her ICPD follow-up tasks.
Summing up the purpose of the new Task Force, Dr. Sadik
stated: "Making sure that the implementation of the Programme of
Action is totally linked with every aspect of UNFPA's work is of
the highest importance to me. This Task Force will work alongside
others in the Fund to make sure that we are at the forefront of
carrying out the international commitments made at the Conference,
to ensure that the promise of Cairo is realized."
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FOLLOW-UP TO ICPD:
Task Force on ICPD Implementation
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
220 E. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.
Tel. (212) 297-5244; Fax (212) 297-5250
(Press inquiries: (212) 297-5279; E-mail: ryanw@unfpa.org)
Director, POPULATION DIVISION
Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis
United Nations, Room DC2-1950
New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.
Tel. (212) 963-3179; Fax (212) 963-2147
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