Commission on Population and Development, fifty-sixth session (2023)
10 April 2023 to 14 April 2023
Population, education and sustainable development
Members of the Commission
Bureau members
H.E. Gheorghe Leuc膬, (Republic of Moldova) - Eastern European Group (EEG) (Chair)
Mr. Monei Rapuleng (Botswana) - African Group (AG) (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Imanuel (Indonesia) - Asia Pacific Group (APG) (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Sylvia Paola Mendoza Elguea (Mexico) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Sarah Linton (Australia) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)
Programme
Proposals adopted by the Commission
- Draft decision on the special theme for the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development ()
- Draft decision on "Timing of the consideration of the report on world demographic trends" ()
- Draft report of the Commission on its fifty-sixth session ()
High-level opening statements
- H.E. Georghe Leuc膬, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations and Chair of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
- H.E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy-Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
- Mr. Xing Qu, Deputy Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (joining via pre-recorded video)
Keynote address
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lutz, Interim Deputy Director General for Science, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Founding Director, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna); Professor of Demography, Department of Demography, University of Vienna [Biography] [Presentation]
Agenda item 1: Election of officers*
*In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213, the Commission, immediately following the closure of its fifty-fifth session, will hold the first meeting of its fifty-sixth session for the sole purpose of electing the new Chair and other officers of the Commission, 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-sixth session of the Commission ()
Note by the Secretariat on the 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) Population, education and sustainable development
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on population, education and sustainable development
Report of the Secretary-General on programmes and interventions for the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in the context of population, education and sustainable development ()
Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development ()
Panels
- Expert panel on reports of the Secretary-General, prepared for the general debate (Monday, 10 April 2023, 3:00 鈥� 4:30 p.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
- Multi-stakeholder panel on the contribution of key population and development issues to the main theme of the Economic and Social Council, 鈥淎ccelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels鈥� (Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 10:00-11:30 a.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
- Expert panel on population, education and sustainable development (Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 10:00-11:30 am EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
Country statements (Available here)
UN system and NGO statements (Available here)
Agenda item 4: Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population
Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2022: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs ()
Note by the Secretariat on the programme plan for 2023 and programme performance for 2021: subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2023/CRP.1)
Panel
- Expert panel on the programme of work on population (Thursday, 13 April 2023, 10:00-11:30 a.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
Agenda item 5: Provisional agenda for the fifty-seventh session of the Commission
Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda for the fifty-seventh session of the Commission ()
Agenda item 6: Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-sixth session
Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-sixth session (E/CN.9/2023/L.5)
Closing statements
- Ms. Maria Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
- H.E. Georghe Leuc膬, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations and Chair of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
Contributions of the Commission to the Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC Coordination Segment, 2 February 2023
ECOSOC Management Segment, 6 June 2023
