Commission on Population and Development, thirty-ninth session (2006)

Keynote addresses

Keynote addresses by:

• Ms. Rita Süssmuth on Developing a coherent migration policy: Germany and the European Union 

• Hon. Mr. Papa Owusu-Ankomah on Emigration from Ghana: A motor or a brake for development

• Ms. Margarita Escobar on The contribution of emigrants to national development: The experience of El Salvador 

• Mr. J. Edward Taylor on International migration and economic development: puzzles and policies for LDCs 

• Ms. Patricia A. Sto. Tomas

Introductory statement and official documentation

• Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs 

• Statement by Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund 

• Statement by Ms. Hania Zlotnik, Director, United Nations Population Division 

Agenda item 1

Agenda item 2

Provisional agenda (E/CN.9/2006/1)

Report of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development on its intersessional meeting, held in Banjul from 19 to 20 December 2005 (E/CN.9/2006/2)

Note by the Secretariat containing the organization of the work of the session (E/CN.9/2006/L.1)

Agenda item 3

Statement by Mr. Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division 

Report of the Secretary-General on world population monitoring, focusing on international migration and development (E/CN.9/2006/3)

Statement by Mr. Francois Farah, Population and Development Branch, Technical Support Division, UNFPA 

Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring of population programmes, focusing on international migration and development (E/CN.9/2006/4)

Statement by Ms. Ann Pawliczko, Population and Development Branch, Technical Support Division, UNFPA

Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2006/5)

Statement submitted by Population Action International, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.9/2006/NGO/1)

Statement submitted by the Population Institute, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.9/2006/NGO/2)

Country statements

Agenda item 4

Letter dated 27 February 2006 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (E/CN.9/2006/7)

Note verbale dated 3 April 2006 from the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat (E/CN.9/2006/8) 

Country statements (Available here)

Agenda item 5

Statement by Mr. Armindo Miranda, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Office of the Director, Population Division

Report of the Secretary-General on the programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2005: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E/CN.9/2006/6)

Agenda item 6

 No official documentation

Agenda item 7

Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda for the fortieth session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2006/L.2)

Agenda item 8

Statement by Ms. Miriam Hughes, Deputy U.S. Representative to ECOSOC