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  • Title: Towards a global partnership. Eminent persons' meeting in Tokyo outlines action in Tokyo Declaration ahead of ICPD.
    Journal: JOICFP News; 1994 Mar; (237):1-2. PubMed ID: 12287753.
    Abstract:
    The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) is the last opportunity for the international community in this century to consider progress so far and to decide what needs to be done in the domain of population to achieve sustained economic growth and sustainable development, said Dr. Nafis Sadik, executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), a keynote speaker at the Meeting of Eminent Persons on Population and Development, held in Tokyo in January in preparation for the ICPD. Sadik, who is also the secretary general of the ICPD to be held in Cairo, Egypt, called for deeper commitment and assistance to the population field. Chaired by Dr. Taro Nakayama, former foreign minister of Japan, the Tokyo meeting was held under the auspices of UNFPA, the UN University, and the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was attended by approximately 200 people, and produced the declaration entitled Towards a Global Partnership in Population and Development. The declaration includes recommendations on population and sustainable development; women's role in decision making; reproductive health and family planning (FP); population distribution and migration; and south-south cooperation. It spells out goals in the population and development field and urges developing countries to increase their investments in health, education, and social development. It calls on developed countries to provide special assistance for social development in developing countries burdened by debt and structural adjustment programs, and to mobilize public support for such assistance. The declaration encourages the international community to suggest ways and means of stimulating a sustained economic growth consistent with efforts towards sustainable development.
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