Commission on Population and Development, forty-second session (2009)

Date: 
30 March 2009 to 03 April 2009

The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

  • Ms. Elena Zúñiga Herrera (Mexico) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Chair)
  • Mr. Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin (Malaysia) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)
  • Ms. Yera Ortiz de Urbina (Spain) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)
  • Ms. Ivanka Tasheva (Bulgaria) - Eastern-European Group (Vice-Chair)
  • Ms. Irene Bwalya Muloshi Tembo (Zambia) - African Group (Vice-Chair)
Report of the Commission on its forty-second session 

Keynote addresses by:

Introductory statements 

  • Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (Statement)
  • Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (Statement)
  • Ms. Hania Zlotnik, Director, United Nations Population Division (Statement)
Agenda item 2

Provisional agenda (E/CN.9/2009/1

Report on the Meetings of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2009/2

Note by the Secretariat containing the organization of work of the session (E/CN.9/2009/L.1/Rev.1)

Agenda item 3

Mr. Philip Guest, Assistant Director, Population Division (Statement)

Report of the Secretary-General on world population monitoring, focusing on the contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (E/CN.9/2009/3

 

Mr. Jose Miguel Guzman, Chief, Population Development Branch, UNFPA (Statement)

Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring of population programmes, focusing on the contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the Internationally Agreed Development Goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (E/CN.9/2009/4)

 

Mr. Werner Haug, Director, Technical Division, UNFPA (Statement)

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.9/2009/5)

 

Statements by NGOs (Available here)

Agenda item 4
No official documentation
Agenda item 5

Mr. Thomas Buettner, Assistant Director, Population Division (Statement)

Report of the Secretary-General on world demographic trends (E/CN.9/2009/6)

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

Report of the Secretary-General on Programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2008: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E/CN.9/2009/7)

Draft programme of work of the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, for the biennium 2010-2011 (E/CN.9/2009/CRP.1) [English only] 

Agenda item 6

Statement delivered by the President of ECOSOC Sylvie Lucas [English] [French]

Agenda item 7

Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda for the forty-third session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2009/L.2)

 
Closing statements

Statements 

  • Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, United Nations 
  • Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund, delivered by Ms. Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director

 

Side events