Commission on Population and Development, fifty-first session (2018)

Date:

09 April 2018 to 13 April 2018

Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

Dr. Ion Jinga (Romania) - Eastern-European Group (Chair)
Ms. Zandile Bhengu (South Africa) - African Group (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Jawad Ali (Pakistan) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Nicola Barker-Murphy (Jamaica) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Ren茅 Lauer (Luxembourg) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)

List of delegations ()

Decisions

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

Special theme for the fifty-third session of the Commission on Population and Development in 2020
Provisional agenda for the fifty-second session of the Commission ()

Country statements delivered in closing session
Australia	Brazil	Cabo Verde
Holy See	Philippines	South Africa
Tunisia (on behalf of Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom and Uruguay)	United States of America

Introductory statements

Agenda item 1

Election of officers¹
¹In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213 of 31 March 2005, the Commission, immediately following the closure of the fiftieth session, held 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

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Provisional agenda for the fifty-first session of the Commission ()

Organization of work of the session ()

Agenda item 3: General debate

(a) Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at the global, regional and national levels
(b) Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration

Presentations
Mr. Jorge Bravo, Branch Chief, Population Division/DESA Mr. Benoit Kalasa, Director, Technical Division, UNFPA Ms. Rachel Snow, Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA
Report of the Secretary-General on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration ()
Report of the Secretary-General on actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development: Monitoring population programmes, focusing on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration ()
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 ()

Keynote speakers

Monday, 9 April 2018 (noon鈥�1 p.m.)
Keynote statement and interactive discussion Mr. Gora Mboup. Urbanization and Migration - Two Global Mega Trends () ()
Tuesday, 10 April 2018 (noon鈥�1 p.m.)
Keynote statement and interactive discussion Prof. Marie Price. Urban Settlements as Global Immigrant Gateways() (Statement)
Expert panel and interactive discussion
Wednesday, 11 April 2018 (3:00-4:30 p.m.)
Cities at the forefront of receiving migrants: experiences and lessons learned
Moderator: Mr. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division/DESA
Panelist
Prof. Marcela Cerrutti, Center of Population Studies, National Scientific and Technical, Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) Ms. Alice Charles, Leader of Cities and Urban, Development work at the World Economic Forum Mr. Hazem Galal, PwC Partner and the global, Leader for PwC鈥檚 Cities and Local Government Sector Mr. Doug Saunders, Author and Journalist The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Country/UN system and NGO statements (Available here)
NGO written statements (Available here)

Agenda item 4

Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population

Statements
Mr. Frank Swiaczny, Branch Chief, Population Division/DESA Ms. Cheryl Sawyer, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Population Division/DESA
Report of the Secretary-General on world demographic trends ()
Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2017 ()
Country statements
China	Cuba	Germany
Norway	United States of America