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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International Conference on Population and Development
Cairo, Egypt
5-13 September 1994
PRESS RELEASE
13 December 1993
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES ACTION PLAN OF
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
In Second Committee, Delegations Comment on Proposed Document
Outline; Berlin Meeting Assesses Impact of AIDS on Population and
Development
The Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
on 4 and 5 November heard from more than 40 delegates--some
speaking on behalf of groups of countries--regarding a proposed
outline of the International Conference on Population and
Development (ICPD) final document. These comments, and ICPD
Secretary-General Dr. Nafis Sadik's report on Conference
preparations, are summarized in the November-December 1993 issue of
the "ICPD 94" newsletter (Number 10).
Among other recent ICPD-related developments:
+ A round-table meeting in Berlin assessed the impact of
HIV/AIDS on population and development.
+ An unprecedented "summit" of the world's scientific
academies called for national and international action to
achieve "zero population growth within the lifetime of our
children".
+ Ministers and senior officials of Non-Aligned Movement
member countries, meeting in Bali, Indonesia, set out their
collective perspective on population issues.
* * *
Addressing the Second Committee on 4 November, Dr. Sadik said
the ICPD Secretariat would draft a full version of the final
document outline by 1 January, taking into account delegates' views
on the proposed outline. She said the document should put
population at the centre of all the issues addressed, and
incorporate 20-year goals on reducing infant and maternal
mortality, meeting the unmet demand for family planning, and
providing universal access to primary education.
Dr. Sadik also reported that the Secretariat had assisted 92
countries with national-level activities related to ICPD, and had
received 50 national population reports (since increased to 75).
Many speakers stressed that the document should: highlight
actions and implementation of policies; stress the links between
population and sustainable development, and the mutual
responsibilities of developed and developing countries; emphasize
individual rights and women's empowerment; and address the needs of
adolescents.
* * *
The Berlin round table, from 28 September to 1 October, was
organized by the German Foundation for International Development
and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) as an informal contribution to
ICPD preparations. Participants concluded the AIDS epidemic will
not significantly affect population growth rates, but will
undermine development efforts and national health systems. Family
planning programmes should play a major role in AIDS prevention,
they noted.
Another ICPD-related round table, on "population and
development strategies", was convened from 17-19 November in
Bangkok by UNFPA and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific. Participants called for a fresh approach to
linking population and development planning in light of new
thinking regarding the latter.
* * *
Meeting in New Delhi from 24-27 October, 58 national
scientific academies signed a statement linking rapid population
growth to poverty and environmental degradation. They recommended
adoption of policies to promote equal opportunities for women and
men, provide universal access to family planning services and a
variety of contraceptives, encourage voluntary approaches to family
planning, and eliminate unsafe and coercive practices.
* * *
In Bali, Indonesia, from 9-13 November, the Ministerial
Meeting on Population of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) resulted in
adoption of the Denpasar Declaration on Population, a set of
recommendations for ICPD, and a statement of NAM support for South-
South collaboration in the population/family planning field.
Indonesian President Soeharto and ICPD Secretary-General Dr. Nafis
Sadik addressed the meeting.
* * *
"ICPD 94" also reports on a 9-10 November Vienna meeting of
Christian Democratic, Conservative, Liberal and Socialist political
party internationals, their second focusing on population issues.
Hosted by the Austrian Government and UNFPA, the conference issued
a manifesto stating that support for development efforts in the
South would ease economic pressures contributing to international
migration.
* * *
In the calendar of pending ICPD-connected events are a Meeting
of Eminent Persons in Population and Development, from 26-28
January 1994 in Tokyo, organized by the Government of Japan and
UNFPA; and a Round Table on Population and Food in the Early 21st
Century, in Washington, D.C., from 14-16 February, sponsored by the
International Food Policy Research Institute with support from the
Rockefeller Foundation.
* * *
Copies of "ICPD 94" are available in English, French and
Spanish from the ICPD Secretariat, 220 East 42nd Street, New York,
NY 10017, USA; tel: (212) 297-5244 or 5245; fax: (212) 297-5250. A
media briefing kit on ICPD issues is available in Arabic, English,
French and Spanish. The newsletter is also in electronic form on
several computer networks (for information, send e-mail to:
ryanw@unfpa.org). Press inquiries should be made to (212) 297-5030
or 5279.
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Index
1(*) Purpose of This Conference support 12:26 PM May 3, 1993 1
2 GUIDE TO ICPD PREPCOM II DOCUMENTS lgoree 6:15 PM May 3, 1993 2
3 PC/3/Rev. 1 Provisional Agenda lgoree 6:18 PM May 3, 1993 3
4 PC/4 Expert Group Report I lgoree 6:24 PM May 3, 1993 8
5 PC/5 EXPERT'S GROUP REPORT II lgoree 9:34 AM May 4, 1993 26
6 PC/6 EXPERT GROUP REPORT III lgoree 10:04 AM May 4, 1993 50
7 PC/7 EXPERT GROUP REPORT IV lgoree 9:04 PM May 7, 1993 77
8 PC/2/Rev.1 Rules of Procedure lgoree 9:05 PM May 7, 1993 103
9 PC/8 EXPERT GROUP REPORT V lgoree 9:39 AM May 8, 1993 120
10 PC/9 EXPERT GROUP REPORT VI lgoree 9:42 AM May 8, 1993 140
11 PC/10 NGO ACCREDITATION NOTE lgoree 9:44 AM May 8, 1993 169
12 PC/11 PROP. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK lgoree 9:45 AM May 8, 1993 171
13 PC/12 SYNTHESIS OF EXPERT GROUPS lgoree 9:47 AM May 8, 1993 184
14 PC/13 INTRO TO AFRICAN CONFERENCE lgoree 9:48 AM May 8, 1993 202
15 PC/L.5 ORGANIZATION OF WORK PCII lgoree 9:49 AM May 8, 1993 205
16 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.1 6 lgoree 3:51 PM May 8, 1993 208
17 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-2 pchasek 7:18 PM May 10, 1993 214
18 Women's Caucus - 9am-10am Conf.rm. wedo 2:19 PM May 11, 1993 220
19 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-3 pchasek 7:13 PM May 11, 1993 221
20 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-4 pchasek 7:05 PM May 12, 1993 227
21 Earth SummitUSA: May 25-28;Kentuck aciresearch 6:18 PM May 13, 1993 233
22 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-5 pchasek 7:36 PM May 13, 1993 234
23 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6 6 lgoree 11:24 AM May 15, 1993 240
24 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-7 pchasek 7:26 PM May 17, 1993 246
25 Population polices-A New Vision iwhc 10:23 AM May 18, 1993 252
26 NGO Planning Committee-ICPD ngoplancom 10:58 AM May 18, 1993 265
27 Statement from AIWN & CPA at ICPD vcorpuz 1:27 PM May 18, 1993 266
28 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-8 pchasek 7:21 PM May 18, 1993 271
29 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-9 pchasek 7:20 PM May 19, 1993 277
30 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-10 pchasek 6:51 PM May 20, 1993 282
31 SUMMARY REPORT OF PREPCOM II - ENB enb@gn.UUCP 3:11 PM Jun 2, 1993 288
32 UN RESUMEN DE LA SEGUNDA SESIO'N lgoree 7:04 AM Jul 24, 1993 302
33 1991 World Fact Book -- Egypt anthony 8:17 PM Aug 7, 1993 322
34 Information Cooperative Workshop ciesin 9:03 AM Aug 27, 1993 329
35 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-12 pchasek 6:17 PM Oct 21, 1993 339
36 CIPD MISE A JOUR - ENB No 6 Vol 12 lgoree 7:46 AM Nov 6, 1993 354
37 ICPD Press Release lgoree 7:01 PM Nov 6, 1993 370
38 ICPD Newsletter No. 9 lgoree 7:04 PM Nov 6, 1993 373
39 EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN V.6-13 pchasek 4:25 PM Nov 7, 1993 387
40 Purpose of This Conference support@igc.org 4:14 AM Nov 9, 1993 400
41 US Network for Cairo '94 dhunt 5:32 AM Nov 9, 1993 401
42 NGO POSITIONS PAPER nwfip 2:57 PM Nov 9, 1993 402
43 Annotated outline of Cairo Doc lgoree 5:01 PM Nov 9, 1993 419
44 Plan annote' du document lgoree 5:04 PM Nov 9, 1993 457
45 Esbozo anotado del documento Cairo lgoree 5:07 PM Nov 9, 1993 499
46 A/48/430 ICPD Progress Report lgoree 5:08 PM Nov 9, 1993 551
47 ICPD draft decision A/C.2/48/L.11 lgoree 5:08 PM Nov 9, 1993 560
48 Summer Science Prog in Vienna, A amcdonald 12:49 PM Nov 10, 1993 563
49 Cairo Netwk Meeting 11/18/93 dhunt 3:17 PM Nov 20, 1993 564
50 Cairo Network Meeting 11/18 dhunt 1:44 AM Nov 21, 1993 568
51 Calendar of ICPD related events popref 1:12 PM Nov 22, 1993 572
52 WOMEN UNITE TO SHAPE POP. POLICIES iwhc 2:17 PM Nov 30, 1993 592
53 People's Perspectives on "Populatio jagdish 4:39 PM Nov 30, 1993 602
54 Author Paul Kennedy to Speak at UN ryanw@unfpa.org 4:30 PM Dec 2, 1993 603
55 US Network 12/16 meeting canceled popref 7:28 AM Dec 3, 1993 604
56 International Sym. on Population Is jagdish 4:39 PM Dec 10, 1993 605
57 Press Release: ICPD 94 Update ryanw@unfpa.org 7:50 AM Dec 13, 1993 607