John Wilmoth is Director of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Julia Bunting is Director of the Programme Division of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Thirty Years On, Leaders Need to Recommit to the International Conference on Population and Development Agenda

Mali-New mother, Fatoumata 01/24/2024 ©UNFPA Mali/Amadou Maiga
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali (third from right) greets President Hosni Mubarak on his arrival at the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt, 5 September 1994. UN Photo

With the gains from the Cairo conference now in peril, the population and development framework is more relevant than ever. At the end of April 2024, countries will convene to review the progress made on the ICPD agenda during the annual session of the Commission on Population and Development.