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Briefing on the substantive preparations for the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development

New York

12 December 2024

Overview

The 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) will be held from 7 to 11 April 2025. The special theme of the session, “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages”, is closely related to Chapter VII on “Reproductive Rights and reproductive health” and Chapter VIII on “Health, Morbidity and Mortality” of the Programme of Action (PoA) adopted by the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. The wording of the theme is almost identical to Goal 3 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. The last time that the theme of the Commission’s annual session focused explicitly on health was in 2010 and 2011.  

The aim of the informal briefing is to give Member States an opportunity to share views on the substantive preparations for the 58th session. During the first part of the briefing, the Secretariat will summarize key substantive issues discussed during an expert group meeting on the theme convened by the Population Division of UN DESA from 16 to 17 October 2024. The session will also include presentations by representatives of UNFPA and WHO. During the second part, Member States will be invited to address questions to the panelists and to highlight issues of interest related to the theme of the session.

Documents

Organization of work

Thursday, 12 December 2024

 

13.15 – 13.25

Welcome and introductory remarks

 

13.25 – 13.45

Presentations

Key findings from the expert group meeting on “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages”

  • Ms. Cheryl Sawyer, Chief of Population Trends and Analysis Branch, Population Division, UN DESA

Preparations for the 58th session by UNFPA

  • Mr. Alessio Cangiano, Senior Advisor on Demographic Megatrends, and Acting Chief of the Population and Development Branch 

Substantive contribution to the 58th session by the World Health Organization

  • Mr. Werner Obermayer, Director, WHO Office at the United Nations

 

13.45 – 14.25

Questions and answers 

  • Mr. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN/DESA (moderator) 

 

14.25 – 14.30

Closing remarks 

  • Ms. Catharina Jannigje Lasseur (Kingdom of the Netherlands), Chair of the 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development 

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