Commission on Population and Development, fifty-ninth session (2026)
Population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development
Members of the Commission
Bureau members
- Mr. Zéphyrin Maniratanga (Republic of Burundi) - African Group (AG) (Chair)
- Mr. Arb Kapisyzi (Republic of Albania) - Eastern European Group (EEG) (Vice-Chair)
- Ms. Sasha-Kay Kayann Watson (Jamaica) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
- Ms. Stéphanie Toschi (Luxembourg) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)
- To be designated - Asia Pacific Group (APG) (Vice-Chair)
Agenda item 1: Election of officers*
*In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213, the Commission, immediately following the closure of its fifty-eighth session, will hold the first meeting of its fifty-ninth session for the sole purpose of electing the new Chair and other officers of the Commission, 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
Documentation
Provisional agenda of the fifty-ninth session of the Commission
Note by the Secretariat on the organization of work of the session
Agenda item 3: General debate
(a) Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at the global, regional and national levels;
(b) Population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development.
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development
Report of the Secretary-General on programmes and interventions on population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development
Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
Agenda item 4: Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2025: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Note by the Secretariat on the draft proposed programme plan for 2027 and programme performance for 2025: subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs2
Agenda item 5: Provisional agenda of the sixtieth session of the Commission
Documentation
Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda of the sixtieth session of the Commission