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  • Title: Preparatory activities for the International Conference on Population and Development 1994.
    Journal: Afr Popul Newsl; 1994; (65):2-6. PubMed ID: 12319340.
    Abstract:
    The United Nations is preparing for the 3rd International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in September, 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. This Conference is expected to adopt a new plan of action for the next decade on the issues of population, development, empowerment of women, reproductive health rights, the environment, and migration. A number of preparatory activities by the UN Population Fund in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental organizations for the ICPD 1994 are summarized. An Expert Group Meeting on Population, Environment, and Development was held at the United Nations headquarters January 20-24, 1994. An Expert Group Meeting on Population Policies and Programs was hosted by the government of Egypt in Cairo, April 12-16, 1992. An Expert Group Meeting on Population and Women was hosted by the government of Botswana in Gaborone, June 22-26, 1992, and financed by the government of the Netherlands. An Expert Group Meeting on Population Distribution and Migration was hosted by the government of Bolivia in Santa Cruz, January 18-23, 1993. The 3rd African Population Conference, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), was held in Dakar, December 7-12, 1992. The European Conference, convened by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), took place in Geneva, Switzerland, March 23-26, 1993. The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the League of Arab States, and UNFPA jointly sponsored the Regional Population Conference for the Arab World in Amman, Jordan, April 4-9, 1993. The ICPD Secretariat has requested that national reports on population be prepared by each country participating in the Conference. The Conference of Nongovernmental Organizations established a Planning Committee for the ICPD on March 5, 1991, in order to coordinate and facilitate the participation of nongovernmental organizations in the Conference. PrepComII for the 1994 Conference was held in May, 1993. PrepComIII is planned to meet in April, 1994.
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