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First meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Population and development
12 November 2014|Event

By virtue of resolution 670(XXXIV), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) decided in 2012 that the ECLAC Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development should be renamed the "Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean." It also endorsed the other provisions set forth in agreement 1, adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee at its meeting held in Quito from 4 to 6 July 2012, among which was the decision that the Regional Conference should meet every two years, while its Presiding Officers should meet at least once between the ordinary sessions of the Conference.

As agreed at the last meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee, the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean took place in Uruguay from 12 to 15 August 2013, where it was agreed that the second meeting would be held in Mexico City in October 2015. The first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will take place between these two meetings, will be held in Santiago, Chile in November 2014.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1. Adoption of the agenda.

2. Report by the Chair on preparations for the second session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mexico, October 2015).

3. Report by the secretariat on activities carried out since the first session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

4. Report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on the outcomes of the global process of follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) beyond 2014.

5. Operating guidelines for implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.

6. Exchange of national-level experiences on dissemination and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, including institutional arrangements for that purpose.

7. Medium- and long-term impacts of population dynamics on sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean and their implications for follow-up to the Montevideo Consensus.

8. Matters whose follow-up falls within the mandate of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean:
• Indigenous peoples
• International migration
• Population ageing

9. Other matters.

10. Consideration and adoption of agreements.

Practical information

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Reunión Preparatoria (Julio 2014)