Background Documents

29th Special Session

A/S-29/1* Provisional agenda of the twenty-ninth special session of the General Assembly (**, *: Reissued for technical reasons on 20 August 2014; **: Issued in accordance with rule 16 of the rules of procedure)

A/S-29/2 Letter dated 12 September 2014 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly

A/S-29/3 Note by the Secretariat on the Framework of action for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014

A/S-29/4 Note by the Secretariat on Recurrent themes and key elements identified during the sessions of the Commission on Population and Development

A/S-29/5 Note by the Secretariat on the Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session

A/S-29/6 Report of the Credentials Committee

General Assembly

69th Session

A/69/122 Recurrent themes and key elements identified during the sessions of the Commission on Population and Development
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A/S-29/1 Provisional agenda of the twenty-ninth special session of the General Assembly
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A/69/62 Framework of actions for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014
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A/INF/69/4/Rev.1 Revised Information note for delegations

A/INF/69/4 Information note for delegations

A/S-29/5 Note by the Secretariat on the Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session (see also E/2014/25 Report on the 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development under 'Economic and Social Council')

68th Session

A/68/493 Preparations for the special session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014
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67th Session

A/RES/67/250 Organization of the special session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014
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65th Session

A/RES/65/234 Follow-up to the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014
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21st Special Session

A/S-21/7(SUPP) Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during it's twenty-first special session
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A/CONF.171/13/Rev.1 International Conference on Population and Development - ICPD - Programme of Action
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Economic and Social Council

E/2014/25-E/CN.9/2014/7 Report on the 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
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E/CN.9/2014/3 World demographic trends
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E/CN.9/2014/4 Framework of action for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014
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E/CN.9/2014/4/Corr.1 Framework of action for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014 - Corrigendum
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A/S-29/5 Note by the Secretariat on the Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session (see also E/2014/25 Report on the 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development under 'Economic and Social Council')

Letters of the President of the General Assembly

Revised final list of non-governmental organizations not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations, academic institutions, youth groups and the private sector who may participate in the special session (14 August 2014)

Final list of non-governmental organizations not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations, academic institutions, youth groups and the private sector who may participate in the special session (8 August 2014)

List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and list of other relevant non-governmental organizations not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations, academic institutions, youth groups and the private sector who may participate in the special session (30 July 2014)

Inputs and contributions

Concise Report on the World Population Situation 2014
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World Population Situation 2014 10 Key Findings
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Compendium of Recommendations on Population and Development, Vol. I

Compendium of Recommendations on Population and Development, Vol. II

Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health around the World

Reproductive Health Policies 2014 Wallchart

Population Facts No. 2014/4 - Population ageing and sustainable development

Population Facts No. 2014/3 - Our urbanizing world

Population Facts No. 2014/2 - A World of Cities

Population Facts No. 2014/1 - Despite overall expansion in the legal grounds for abortion, policies remain restrictive in many countries

Additional Population Fact-sheets