Population
World Population Day 2021, webinar on COVID-19 and fertility
Overview
At World Population Day 2021, which is observed on 11 July each year, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility will take center stage as the main theme for the commemoration.
Briefing for Member States on logistics in preparation for the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development
Overview
The special theme for the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will take place during 11-15 April 2016, will be “Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda”. In preparation for the Commission, this briefing will inform member states of the weeks logistics.
Briefing for Member States on substantive reports in preparation for the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development
Overview
The special theme for the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will take place during 11-15 April 2016, will be “Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda”. In preparation for the Commission, this meeting will brief member states on the substantive reports.
Provisional Agenda
Opening remarks
- Dr. Mwaba Patricia Kasese-Bota, Zambia
Presentations
International Forum on Migration Statistics 2018
Enhancing international cooperation in the field of migration
Overview
Commission on Population and Development, fifty-fourth session (2021)
Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development
Briefing on thematic reports of the Secretary-General held in preparation for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development
Overview
The special theme for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will take place during 13-17 April 2015, will be “Realizing the future we want: Integrating population issues into sustainable development, including in the post-2015 development agenda”. In preparation for the Commission, this briefing will review the thematic reports of the Secretary-General that are under consideration by the Commission.
Briefing on the substantive reports of the Secretary-General that have been prepared for the fifty-first session of the Commission on Population and Development
The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will hold a briefing on the substantive reports of the Secretary-General that have been prepared for the fifty-first session of the Commission. The meeting will be chaired by His Excellency Dr. Ion Jinga (Romania), Chair of the Commission.
All interested members of delegations, representatives of non-governmental organizations and Secretariat staff are invited to attend.