United Nations
First session of the regional conference on Population and Develpment
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By virtue of resolution 670 (XXXIV) of 2012, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean decided to convert the ECLAC Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development into the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and ratified all mandates expressed in Agreement 1 adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee at its last meeting that took place in Quito from 4 to 6 July 2012.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development was established under the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Population and Development in accordance with the provisions of resolution 536 (XXV) of ECLAC. Its main responsibility was to follow up and review all population and development related issues at the regional level. Eventually, it started acquiring additional responsibilities such as following-up the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in the region, and looking at the issues related to international migration as well as indigenous peoples and afro-descendants. As a result of the increasing responsibilities, the ordinary sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee in 2010 and 2012 were carried out independently from the thirty-third and thirty-fourth sessions of the Commission respectively.
The Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean assumes all the roles of the Ad Hoc Committee and will act on the basis and in full respect of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD-PoA). The Conference will hold ordinary sessions every two years, while its Presiding Officers will meet at least once between ordinary sessions. The Regional Conference also recognizes the importance of the participation of civil society in its ordinary sessions.
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Special session hosted by the Government of Uruguay, entitled “The challenge of reducing maternal mortality”, coordinated by Leonel Briozzo, UnderSecretary for Public Health of Uruguay (see attached programme)
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Opening session
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Election of Officers Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
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Report of the Chair of the Presiding Officers of the ECLAC Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development
Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
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Presentation of the document “Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: review of the 2009-2013 period and lessons learned. Summary and overview”
Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: review of the 2009-2013 period and lessons learned. Summary and overview. Presentation
Presentation of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Report on the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Report on the conclusions of the meeting of the civil society networks partnership towards Cairo+20
Statements by delegations on national experiences regarding population and development and the outlook beyond 2014
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Proposed regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014
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Presentation of the document “Proposed regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014”,
Report “Proposed regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014”,
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Priority areas in the framework of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. Panel 1: Rights, needs and demands of children, adolescents and youth
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High-level panel: Integrating the proposed regional agenda on population and development beyond 2014 in the post-2015 development agenda
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Panel 2: Ageing, social protection and socioeconomic challenges
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Panel 3: Gender equality
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Panel 4: Gaps in universal access to sexual and reproductive health services
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Special session hosted by the Government of Uruguay, entitled “Comprehensive approach and institutional status of policies on population and development”, coordinated by Leonel Briozzo, Under-Secretary for Public Health of Uruguay (see attached programme)
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"La experiencia ecuatoriana”
Panel 5: International migration and protection of the rights of migrants
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Panel 6: Territorial inequality, spatial mobility and environmental vulnerability
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Panel 7: Indigenous peoples: pluriculturalism and rights
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Panel 8: Afro-descendants: rights and combating racial discrimination
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Inter-agency round table: the regional population and development agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014
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Consideration and adoption of agreements by the Conference
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