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ECLAC Special Committee on Population and Development: Chile 2010
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The ECLAC Special Committee on Population and Development held its meeting on 12-14 May 2010 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.
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The ECLAC Special Committee on Population and Development held its meeting on 12-14 May 2010 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.
In response to resolution 644 (XXXII) of 2008, the Committee focused on "Population and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and New Challenges" as the central theme. In addition, a session was included at the meeting to consider a regional agenda for the Cairo Program of Action: towards 2014 and beyond, in line with the conclusions of the regional seminar Progress and key actions for the implementation of the Cairo Program of Action , 15 years after its adoption (Santiago, 7 and 8 October 2009), and another aimed at examining a proposal for a strategy to advance, from the perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean, an international convention on the rights of In response to the request of the third follow-up meeting of the Brasilia Declaration (Santiago, 5 and 6 October 2009).
Other priority population and development issues included in resolution 644 (XXXII) were also discussed: 2010 round of censuses; Indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations in Latin America; Implications of demographic transformations; Population and territory, and training in demography and population and development.
During the meeting, delegations had the opportunity to present their progress and planned actions in the framework of the implementation of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Declaration of Brasilia, as well as in the area of migration International and human rights.
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Sesión inaugural
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Informe de actividades 2008-2010 en población y desarrollo
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Resultados del decimoquinto aniversario de la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Población y el Desarrollo (CIPD) en América Latina y el Caribe
Informe de actividades de seguimiento de la Declaración de Brasilia (2008-2010)
Informe de actividades en torno a migración internacional, derechos humanos y desarrollo
Población, desarrollo y salud en América Latina y el Caribe
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Presentación del documento "Población y salud en América Latina y el Caribe: retos pendientes y nuevos desafíos"
Seguimiento del Programa de Acción de El Cairo y de la Declaración de Brasilia
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Hacia una agenda regional del Programa de Acción de El Cairo: 2014 y más allá
Propuesta de estrategia para avanzar, desde la perspectiva de América Latina y el Caribe, en una convención internacional de los derechos de las personas de edad
Temas prioritarios en población y desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe
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Ronda de censos de 2010 y capacitación en demografía y en población y desarrollo
Conclusiones y acuerdos
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Agreements Population and Development: priority themes for 2010-2012 The agreements approved by the Special Committee of ECLAC on Population and Development at its last ordinary session in May 2010 were ratified at the XXXIII Session of the Commission held in Brasilia (30 May-1 June 2010).
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