Commission on Population and Development, forty-ninth session (2016)

Date: 
11 April 2016 to 15 April 2016

Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

  • Dr. Mwaba Patricia Kasese-Bota (Zambia) - African Group (Chair)

  • Mr. Ebrahim Alikhani (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)

  • Ms. Oana Rebedea (Romania) - Eastern-European Group (Vice-Chair)

  • Ms. Patricia Chemor Ruiz (Mexico) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)

  • Ms. Nadine Skale (Germany) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)

 

 

Report of the Commission on its 49th Session

 

Resolutions and decisions

 

Statements delivered post-adoption

 

Brazil Canada Guyana
Holy See Iran (Islamic Republic of) Malaysia
Netherlands (on behalf of the EU) Norway Qatar [Ar] [En]
Russia South Africa Trinidad and Tobago

United States of America

   
Keynote speakers, bios and addresses
Monday, 11 April 2016
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Panel discussion: Uses of the demographic evidence base for development policy and program planning and monitoring

  • Moderator: Mr. Bill Miller, Global Connections Television/Washington International (Bio)

  • Mr. John Ssekamatte, Head, Population and Social Sector Planning, National Planning Authority, Uganda (Bio)

  • Mr. Vladimir Shkolnikov, Head of the Laboratory of Demographic Data, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany (Bio)

  • Ms. Ann M. Starrs  President and CEO, Guttmacher Institute (Bio)

  • Mr. Eduardo Clark  Director of Data for Development, National Digital Strategy, Office of the President of Mexico (Bio)

 

Official documentation and statements
Introductory statements
Agenda item 1

Election of officers1
1 In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213 of 31 March 2005, the Commission, immediately following the closure of the forty-ninth session, will hold the first meeting of its fiftieth session for the sole purpose of electing a new Chair and other members of the Bureau, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Council.

Agenda item 2

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters 

Organization of work of the session (E/CN.9/2016/L.1)

Provisional agenda for the forty-ninth session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2016/1)

Report of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development on its intersessional meetings (E/CN.9/2016/2
Agenda item 3

Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development

Statement: Mr. Jorge Bravo, Branch Chief, Population Division/DESA 

 

Presentations

Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda (Supplementary references, English only) (E/CN.9/2016/3)

Report of the Secretary-General on programmes and innovations to strengthen the demographic evidence base for the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (E/CN.9/2016/4)

Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring the flow of financial resources to support the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2016/5)

Country statements 

 Germany Russian Federation  

 

Agenda item 4

General debate on national experience in population matters:“Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda”

Ms. Wasmalia Bivar, Chair of the Statistical Commission (Statement)

Country and UN system statements (Available here)

NGO statements (Available here)

Agenda item 5

General debate on the contribution of population and development issues to the Economic and Social Council theme in 2016, on “Implementing the post-2015 development agenda: moving from commitments to results”

Statement: H.E. Mr. Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations and Vice-President, Economic and Social Council 

 

Country statements

Argentina China [En] [Ch] Cuba
Indonesia Maldives

Peru 

 

UN system statement

UNISDR 

   

IGO statement

 IOM    
Agenda item 6

Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population

Mr. Francois Pelletier, Chief, Population Estimates and Projections Section, Population Division / DESA (Statement)

Ms. Sabine Henning, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Population Division / DESA (Statement)

Report of the Secretary-General on world demographic trends (E/CN.9/2016/6

Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2015: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E/CN.9/2016/7)

Proposed strategic framework for the period 2018-2019: Subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2016/CRP.1)

 

Country statements
China Germany Japan

United States of America 

 

   
UN system statement
 ECA    
Agenda item 7

Review of the functioning of the methods of work of the Commission
 

Statement: Mr. Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division / DESA 

Note by the Secretariat on future organization and methods of work of the Commission on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2016/8

 

Country statements

China [En] [Ch]

Netherlands (on behalf of the EU)

 

 

UN system statement

 ECLAC    
Agenda item 8

Provisional agenda for the fiftieth session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2016/L.2)
 

Agenda item 9

Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-ninth session.

Closing statements

 

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Related links

News

 

Leaving no one behind: Counting all people, because all of them count

 

Videos

 

Events

  • Briefing for Member States on substantive reports, New York, 22 March 2016

Presentation:

Side events