Commission on Population and Development, fiftieth session (2017)
Changing population age structures and sustainable development
Members of the Commission
Bureau members
- Ms. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani (Qatar) - Asia-Pacific Group (Chair)
- Mr. Lewis G. Brown (Liberia) - African Group (Vice-Chair)
- Ms. Cristina Popescu (Romania) - Eastern-European Group (Vice-Chair)
- Ms. Nicola Barker-Murphy (Jamaica) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
- Ms. Eleonora van Munster (Netherlands) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)
List of delegations (advance unedited version) (E/CN.9/2017/INF/1)
Decisions
- Provisional agenda for the fifty-first session of the Commission on Population and Development (as orally revised) ()
- Special themes for the Commission on Population and Development in 2018 and 2019 ()
- Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its 50th session ()
- Report on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
- Multi-year work programme of the Commission on Population and Development including the cycle for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
Opening statements
- Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet delivered on behalf of the Secretary-General
- Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Mr. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division / DESA
Keynote speakers
Monday, 3 April 2017 | |
Eliya Zulu: Changing age structures and sustainable development in youthful societies |
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Tuesday, 4 April 2017 | |
Rania Antonopoulos: Changes in age structure and sustainable development in ageing societies |
National voluntary presentations, expert panel and interactive discussion
Panel discussion: Implementation of the Programme of Action of the ICPD, with emphasis on changing age structures and sustainable development | ||
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China | Finland | Ghana |
Indonesia | Mexico | Norway |
Philippines | Republic of the Sudan |
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Agenda item 1
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 fiftieth session, will hold the first meeting of its fifty-first 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
2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
Provisional agenda for the fiftieth session of the Commission () |
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Organization of work of the session () |
Agenda item 3
3. General debate
(a): Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at global, regional and national levels
(b): Special theme of the fiftieth session of the Commission based on the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation
Statement |
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Presentations | ||||||
Report of the Secretary-General on changing population age structures and sustainable development () |
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Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring of the population programmes, focusing on changing population age structures and sustainable development, in the context of the full implementation of the Programme of Action of International Conference on Population and Development () |
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Report of the Secretary-General on flow of financial resources for assisting in the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development () |
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Country statements (Available here) |
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System and NGO statements (Available here) |
Agenda item 4
4. Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population
Statement |
Ms. Sabine Henning, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Population Division / DESA |
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Report of the Secretary-General: Programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2016: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs () |
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Note by the Secretary-General on the draft programme of work for the period 2018-2019: subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2017/CRP.1) |
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Country statements |
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Germany | Japan |
Agenda item 5
5. Provisional agenda for the fifty-first session of the Commission
Provisional agenda for the fifty-first session of the Commission () |
Closing statements
Statements by UN officials
- Mr. Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
- Mr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director UNFPA
Follow-up
1. ECOSOC Integration Segment (10 May 2017)
- Contribution from the Commission on Population and Development to the Integration Segment of the Economic and Social Council
- Statement by the Chair of the 50th session
- Coverage by DPI
2. ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (7 July 2017)
3. High-level Political Forum (10-19 July 2017)