Commission on Population and Development, forty-ninth session (2016)
Date:
11 April 2016 to 15 April 2016
Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda
Members of the Commission
Bureau members
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Dr. Mwaba Patricia Kasese-Bota (Zambia) - African Group (Chair)
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Mr. Ebrahim Alikhani (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)
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Ms. Oana Rebedea (Romania) - Eastern-European Group (Vice-Chair)
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Ms. Patricia Chemor Ruiz (Mexico) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
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Ms. Nadine Skale (Germany) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)
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List of delegations (advance unedited version) (E/CN.9/2016/INF/1)
Resolutions and decisions
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Statements delivered post-adoption
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| Brazil | Canada | Guyana |
| Holy See | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Malaysia |
| Netherlands (on behalf of the EU) | Norway | Qatar [Ar] [En] |
| Russia | South Africa | Trinidad and Tobago |
Keynote speakers, bios and addresses
| Monday, 11 April 2016 |
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| Tuesday, 12 April 2016 |
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| Wednesday, 13 April 2016 |
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Panel discussion: Uses of the demographic evidence base for development policy and program planning and monitoring
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Official documentation and statements
| Introductory statements |
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Agenda item 1
Election of officers1
1 In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213 of 31 March 2005, the Commission, immediately following the closure of the forty-ninth session, will hold the first meeting of its fiftieth session for the sole purpose of electing a new Chair and other members of the Bureau, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Council.
Agenda item 2
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
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Organization of work of the session () |
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Provisional agenda for the forty-ninth session of the Commission () |
| Report of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development on its intersessional meetings () |
Agenda item 3
Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
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Statement: Mr. Jorge Bravo, Branch Chief, Population Division/DESA
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Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda (Supplementary references, English only) () |
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Report of the Secretary-General on programmes and innovations to strengthen the demographic evidence base for the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development () |
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Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring the flow of financial resources to support the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development () |
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Country statements |
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Agenda item 4
General debate on national experience in population matters:鈥淪trengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda鈥�
| Ms. Wasmalia Bivar, Chair of the Statistical Commission () | ||
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Country and UN system statements (Available here) |
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Agenda item 5
General debate on the contribution of population and development issues to the Economic and Social Council theme in 2016, on 鈥淚mplementing the post-2015 development agenda: moving from commitments to results鈥�
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| Argentina | China [En] [Ch] | Cuba |
| Indonesia | Maldives |
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UN system statement |
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IGO statement |
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Agenda item 6
Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population
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Mr. Francois Pelletier, Chief, Population Estimates and Projections Section, Population Division / DESA () |
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Ms. Sabine Henning, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Population Division / DESA () |
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Report of the Secretary-General on world demographic trends () |
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Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2015: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs () |
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Proposed strategic framework for the period 2018-2019: Subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2016/CRP.1)
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| China | Germany | Japan |
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Agenda item 7
Review of the functioning of the methods of work of the Commission
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Statement: Mr. Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division / DESA |
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Note by the Secretariat on future organization and methods of work of the Commission on Population and Development ()
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Country statements |
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Netherlands (on behalf of the EU)
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UN system statement |
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Agenda item 8
Provisional agenda for the fiftieth session of the Commission ()
Agenda item 9
Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-ninth session.
Closing statements
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