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Special Session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014

New York

22 September 2014

Overview

The special session of the General Assembly will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 22 September 2014. In its resolution 65/234 on the follow-up to the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014, the General Assembly decided to convene a special session in order to assess the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and to renew political support for actions required for the full achievement of its goals and objectives.

Documents

 

22 September 2014

 

13:00 - 21:00

 

 

I. Opening of the session by the Chair of the delegation of the President of the sixty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly.

II. Minute of silent prayer or meditation.
III. Credentials of representatives to the special session of the General Assembly

  • (a) Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee;
  • (b) Report of the Credentials Committee.

 

IV. Election of the President.
V. Organization of the session.
VI. Adoption of the agenda.
VII. Follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014.

 

Organization of the special session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014.

The plenary meetings shall feature statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, Member and observer States and observers, as well as five selected representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, chosen by the President of the Assembly with due regard for geographic balance, in consultation with Member States in order of precedence.

 

Statements

 

Background documents

General Assembly

  • 29th Special Session
    • Provisional agenda of the twenty-ninth special session of the General Assembly.**
    • Letter dated 12 September 2014 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly. 
    • Framework of actions for the follow-up to the  Programme of Action of the International  Conference on Population and  Development beyond 2014. 
    • Recurrent themes and key elements identified during the sessions of the Commission on Population and Development. 
    • Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session. 
    • Report of the Credentials Committee. 

 

  • 69th Session
    • Recurrent themes and key elements identified during the sessions of the Commission on Population and Development. 
    • Framework of actions for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. Report of the Secretary-General. 
    • Arrangements for the high-level meetings and the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly.Information note for delegations. 
    • Arrangements for the high-level meetings and the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Revised Information note for delegations. 
    • Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session. 

 

  • 68th Session
    • Preparations for the special session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. 

 

  • 67th Session
    • Organization of the special session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014.

 

  • 65th Session
    • Follow-up to the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. 

 

  • 21st Special Session
    • Resolution and Decision adopted by the General Assembly during it’s twenty-first special session. 
    • Report of the International Conference on Population and Development Cairo, 5-13 September 1994. 

 

Economic and Social Council

  • World demographic trends. Report of the Secretary-General. 
  • Framework of action for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. Report of the Secretary-General.
  • Framework of action for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. Report of the Secretary-General. Corrigendum. 
  • Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-seventh session. 

 

Letters of the President of the General Assembly