At their third meeting, held on 4-6 October in Santiago, the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development adopted a format to be used for national reports on follow-up to measures in this area.
The Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean hold their third meeting at ECLAC headquarters from 4 to 6 October.
The global population of older persons is expected to rise from just over 900 million in 2015 to 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2.1 billion by 2050, Ban Ki-moon points out in his message.
"On this World Population Day, I urge all Governments, businesses and civil society to support and invest in teenage girls", United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his message.
