Seminar on Population aspects for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Overview

To provide input for a report to the Commission on Population and Development on the contribution of the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), in all its aspects, to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

• Preface and notes
• Executive Summary

Documents

• Agenda and Organization of work
• List of participants
• Report

Organization of work

Papers 

• Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations. Can the Cairo consensus contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa?

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations. Relevance of goals, objectives and actions in the ICPD Programme of Action for the achievement of MDG goals in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations. ICPD and MDGs: How are they linked?

• Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations. Population aspects in the reduction of hunger.

• ILO programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work. Activities of the International Labour Organization in relation to the ICPD Programme of Action and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

• Nicole Bella, UNESCO and Said Belkachla, UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Impact of demographic trends on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education. 

• Karen Oppenheim Mason, The World Bank. Contribution of the ICPD Programme of Action to gender equality and the empowerment of women.

• Eduard Bos, The World Bank. Improving maternal health: the need to focus on reaching the poor.

• World Health Organization. Population dynamics and reducing maternal mortality.

• Hilary Anderson, International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), United Nations. Missing links: gender equality, the MDGs, and the International Conference on Population and Development.

• Stan Bernstein, Senior Policy Advisor for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Emily White, Research Analyst, Millennium Project. The relevance of the ICPD Programme of Action for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals - and vice versa: shared visions and common goals.

• Aurorita Mendoza, UNAIDS. Relevance of population aspects for the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 6 and 3: combatting the spread of HIV/AIDS.

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The relevance of the ICPD Programme of Action for the achievement of a global partnership for development,

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The ICPD and MDGs: close linkages.

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Population, refugees and the Millennium Development Goals: a UNHCR perspective.

• Kopano Mukelabai, Senior Health Advisor, UNICEF. Achieving the Millennium Development Goal to reduce under-five child mortality: a UNICEF perspective.

• Carol Watson, Senior Adviser Education, UNICEF. Addressing the MDGs and targets for education and gender comments on selected aspects linked to the ICPD Programme of Action.

• International Organization for Migration. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and migration.

• Andrew Mason, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Sang-Hyop Lee, East-West Center. The demographic dividend and poverty reduction.

• David E. Bloom and David Canning, Harvard School of Public Health. Population, poverty reduction, and the Cairo agenda.

• Benjamin Senauer, University of Minnesota. The contributions of the ICPD Programme of Action toward achieving the reduction of hunger.

• Kenneth Hill, Johns Hopkins University. ICPD to MDG: Targets and mechanisms for child mortality reduction.

• Mark R. Montgomery, SUNY and Population Council. The place of the urban poor in the Cairo Programme of Action and the Millennium Development Goals.

• World Health Organization. ICPD and the health-MDGS.