Population Division - Sustainable development

Day of Eight Billion, 15 November 2022

BOUEDRAO — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:53:00 +0000

Tuesday, 01 November 2022 - 9:00am

On 15 November 2022, the world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion people, a milestone in human development. This unprecedented growth is due to the gradual increase in human lifespan owing to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. It is also the result of high and persistent levels of fertility in some countries.

While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it will take approximately 15 years—until 2037— for it to reach 9 billion, a sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing.

Countries with the highest fertility levels tend to be those with the lowest income per capita. Global population growth has therefore over time become increasingly concentrated among the world’s poorest countries, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. In these countries, sustained rapid population growth can thwart the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which remain the world’s best pathway toward a happy and healthy future.

Even though population growth magnifies the environmental impact of economic development, rising per capita incomes are the main driver of unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. The countries with the highest per capita consumption of material resources and emissions of greenhouse gas emissions tend to be those where income per capita is higher, not those where the population is growing rapidly.

Meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise, while achieving the SDGs, critically depends on curbing unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. Yet, slower population growth over many decades could help to mitigate the further accumulation of environmental damage in the second half of the current century.

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Panel discussion on migration and sustainable development

BOUEDRAO — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:17:00 +0000

Wednesday, 24 April 2013 - 10:00am

Overview

The Panel Discussion on Migration and Sustainable Development-Opportunities and Challenges will be co-organized by the Division for Sustainable Development and the Population Division, DESA in the margin of the forty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development, to be held in New York on 22-26 April 2013.

A growing interest in the migration-development nexus has led to an increase in research on the subject. Expanded efforts to collect and analyze data have resulted in significant progress in the understanding of migration aspirations (economic, risk diversification and environmental factors etc.). The consequences of movement on receiving and sending countries (remittances, social effects, and transnational networks) and the role of development in fueling migration are also better grasped. But an understanding of the highly complex system of demographic, economic, social and environmental factors remains incomplete.

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Organization of work

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
1:15pm - 1:25pm	Opening remarks by Mr. John R. Wilmoth, Director of Population Division, UNDESA “Follow-up to the outcome of Rio+20 and positioning of migration in the post-2015 development agenda”
1:25pm - 1:55pm	Presentations by panelists Moderator: Ms. Marion Barthelemy, Chief of Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN. “Strengthening national policies and regional cooperation on migration and sustainable development” Mr. Willian Lacy Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration “International cooperation on migration and sustainable development” Mr. Udo Janz, Director, UNHCR Liaison Office in New York “Protection of people displaced by natural disasters”
1:55pm - 2:25pm	Interactive discussion
2:25pm – 2:30 pm	Conclusion

Expert group meeting on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development

BOUEDRAO — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:49:00 +0000

Wednesday, 28 October 2020 - 9:00am to Friday, 30 October 2020 - 6:00pm

Overview

The United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) was to address the special theme “Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development” at its fifty-third session in 2020. In preparation for the session, the Population Division prepared the report of the Secretary-General on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development, which was issued in February 20201. Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Commission was not able to hold its formal session at the end of March 2020. The Commission decided to postpone a full consideration of the theme to its fifty-fourth session in 2021.

The report prepared for the 2020 session focused on four broad themes:

Concepts, measures and state of food security and nutrition
Nutrition, food security and population health, including diets, nutritional habits and burden of disease; hunger and undernutrition; and overweight and obesity
Population growth, food consumption and sustainability
Rural development, population movements and settlement patterns.

To inform preparation of an updated report of the Secretary-General for the 2021 session, the Population Division of UN DESA will convene an expert group meeting on the theme, to be held virtually from 28 to 30 October 2020. The expert group should advise on 1) elements where new data or analysis has become available in 2020; 2) elements that should receive greater attention in the new report; and 3) evidence for impacts of COVID-19 in each area.

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Organization of work

DAY 1: Wednesday 28 October
INTRODUCTION, NEW EVIDENCE AND COVID-19 IMPACTS The 54th session of the Commission on Population and Development (19-23 April 2021) will consider the special theme “Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development”. The first day of the expert group meeting will provide an introduction to the Commission’s deliberations on the theme; highlight new data on food security, nutrition and health; and review the impacts of COVID-19 on various aspects of food security and nutrition.
8:00 - 8:45am	Session I. Introduction and scene-setting Moderator: Cheryl Sawyer, Population Division/DESA This session will give background on the Commission on Population and Development, its mandate, the topics covered in the previous report of the Secretary-General on the theme, and the questions to be addressed in preparation for the 54th session in 2021. The session will also outline synergies of the Commission’s discussion of the special theme with other United Nations processes upcoming in 2021, including the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Food Systems Summit. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division/DESA – Welcome, introduction and review of the 53rd session of CPD Shantanu Mukherjee, Division for Sustainable Development Goals/DESA - HLPF discussion on Ending hunger and achieving food security James Lomax, Food Systems Summit Secretariat – The 2021 Food Systems Summit
8:45 - 9:55am	Session II. Food security, nutrition and health Moderator: Sandile Simelane, UNFPA This session will present new data on food security and nutrition that has become available during 2020 and also new analysis of the affordability of healthy diets. In keeping with key focuses of the ICPD Programme of Action, it will also look at maternal and child nutrition and health, including impacts of COVID-19. Nancy Aburto, FAO - State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 (SOFI)- estimates and projections of food security, affordable healthy diets Jo Jewell, UNICEF - Levels and trends in child malnutrition: policy and programming implications Willibald Zeck, UNFPA - Impact of Covid-19 on maternal nutrition and health
10:00 - 11:00am	Session III. COVID-19 and food security Moderator: Vladimira Kantorova, Population Division/DESA This session will address various pathways of impacts of Covid-19 on food security and nutrition. It will include a general overview as well as targeted presentations on value chains, food security in crisis situations, and impacts on migration and remittances. Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo – COVID-19 and food security Louis Bockel and Padmini Gopal, FAO Regional Office for Africa – COVID-19 impact on value chains in Africa Moise Ballo, WFP – COVID-19, food security and nutrition: Practical examples of programmatic aspects of the response at the field level Alan de Brauw, IFPRI – Migration, COVID-19, and possible implications for food security
DAY 2: Thursday 29 October
FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR FOOD SYSTEMS – HAS COVID-19 CHANGED ANY ASSUMPTIONS? The second day of the meeting will discuss the future outlook for various aspects of food systems, considering both a broader long-term view and new considerations raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.
8:00 - 9:00am	Session I. Future outlook for food systems, climate and environment Moderator: Pierre Boileau, UNEP This session will look at environmental impacts of food systems, interrelationships with climate change, sustainable diets and foresight scenarios for food and agriculture. Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS and Columbia University – Report from AgMIP8: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Food Security Hugo Valin, IIASA - Revisiting sustainability pathways for food systems and land use in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis Marco Springmann, Oxford University - The health and sustainability implications of national and global food-based dietary guidelines, and updates on the affordability of healthy and sustainable diets Lorenzo Bellu, FAO – FAO foresight scenarios
9:00 - 9:55am	Session II. Data including big data, innovation and technology Moderator: Ronald Jansen, Statistics Division/DESA The topics of technology, innovation and data (including big data) in food systems received limited focus in the 2020 report of the Secretary-General. This session will seek to draw out succinct messages and focus areas for the Commission’s attention. Fergus Sinclair, ICRAF – Agro-ecology and systemic technological innovation Dejan Jakovljevic, FAO - Data, big-data and their use in food and agriculture Anna-Verena Nosthoff and Felix Maschewski, University of Berlin – Global big-data dynamics and their implications
10:00 - 11:00am	Session III. Food system transformation Moderator: Luz Maria de Regil, WHO This session examines selected aspects of changing food systems and their implications for livelihoods. Topics covered will include decent employment in rural areas; inequalities with a focus on the gender dimension; and impacts of rapid urbanization on rural areas. Elvis Beytullayev, ILO – Decent work in the rural economy Susan Kaaria, FAO - Inequalities with focus on gender dimension Steven Haggblade, Michigan State University - Impact of rapid urbanization on agricultural supply systems
DAY 3: Friday 30 October
REGIONAL OUTLOOK The third day of the meeting will bring together experts from different regions to examine selected aspects of population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development. The meeting will conclude with a general discussion of key messages and recommendations for the report of the Secretary-General.
8:00 - 9:30am	Session I. Key issues in selected regions Moderator: Katinka Weinberger, UNESCAP Agnes Rola, University of the Philippines - Food system sustainability in Southeast Asia Madhura Swaminathan, Indian Statistical Institute – Dealing with food and employment insecurity in the time of Covid-19 Valeria Pineiro, IFPRI – Food security in Latin America Lauren Bauer, Brookings Institution – Food insecurity in the United States Namukolo Covic IFPRI – COVID-19 and food insecurity in Africa
9:40 - 11:00am	Session II. Discussion and conclusions Moderator: Cheryl Sawyer, DESA - Summary presentation Participants from all three days are encouraged to join a final discussion on directions and key messages for the report of the Secretary-General.

Contributed papers

Background documents

Report of the Secretary-General on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development (E/CN.9/2020/2)
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, food security, nutrition and sustainable development (E/CN.9/2020/3)

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Briefing on thematic reports of the Secretary-General held in preparation for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development

BOUEDRAO — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:10:00 +0000

Tuesday, 24 March 2015 - 10:00am

Overview

The special theme for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will take place during 13-17 April 2015, will be “Realizing the future we want: Integrating population issues into sustainable development, including in the post-2015 development agenda”. In preparation for the Commission, this briefing will review the thematic reports of the Secretary-General that are under consideration by the Commission.

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Expert group meeting on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development

MSTOCKTO — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:23:00 +0000

Monday, 16 September 2019 - 10:00am to Tuesday, 17 September 2019 - 6:00pm

Overview

The question of how to feed a growing global population has been central to discussions around population and development for decades. While the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development highlighted the problem of undernutrition, today's discussion of malnutrition is broader and includes stunting, wasting, overweight and obesity, as well as micronutrient deficiencies. Moreover, there is an increasing recognition of the challenges to food security posed by factors such as climate change, conflict and economic downturns.

Recognizing the importance and timeliness of these topics, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development decided in 2018 that the thematic focus of its fifty-third session in 2020 would be "Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development". In preparation for the upcoming session, the Population Division of UN DESA will convene an expert group meeting on this topic, to be held in New York from 16 to 17 September 2019.

The expert meeting is expected to provide substantive inputs for the preparation of the reports of the Secretary-General on the special theme of the fifty-third session of the Commission on Population and Development. In particular, the meeting will result in draft recommendations on ways in which the Commission can contribute to the international dialogue on the issues.

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Organization of work

Monday, 16 September 2019
10:00 - 10:15	Session I: Opening of the meeting John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division/DESA [opening remarks]
10:15 - 11:30	Session II: Setting the stage: Trends, concepts, definitions, and data sources
Moderator: Sandile Similane, UNFPA Nancy Aburto, FAO, Overview of food security and nutrition concepts; hunger and food security indicators: trends and data sources [presentation] Ruben Grajeda, WHO AM/PAHO (video link), Nutrition indicatiors: trends and data sources [presentation] Frank Swiaczny, Population Division/DESA, Demographic megatrends and global population growth [presentation]
11:45 - 1:00	Session III: Food security and population change
a. Food security, growth, consumption and sustainability Moderator: Sara Hertog, Population Division/DESA Lorenzo Bellu, FAO, Growth and consumption trends, projections of food and agriculture [presentation] Hugo Valin, IIASA, Pathways toward sustainable land use and food systems [paper] [presentation] Marco Springmann, Oxford University, Health and nutritional aspects of sustainable diet strategies and their association with environmental impacts [paper] [presentation]
3:00 - 4:15	III. a. Continued Moderator: Astra Bonini, Division for Sustainable Development Goals/DESA Pierre Boileau, UNEP, Environmental and health impacts of food systems: Assessment by the sixth Global Environment Outlook [presentation] Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA-Goddard, Food security findings from IPCC Special Report on Climate change and land [presentation] Prajal Pradhan, Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Climate change and food security, highlighting urban food system and regional specificity [paper] [presentation]
4:30 - 6:00	b. Food security, population movements and settlement patterns Moderator: Clare Menozzi, Population Division/DESA Sara Savastano, IFAD, Rural transformation and creating opportunities for rural youth [presentation] Lorenzo Bellu, FAO, Population dynamics, rural transformation, rural employment, rural urban linkages [presentation] Alan de Brauw, IFPRI, Relationships between migration and food security [paper] [presentation]
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
10:00 - 11:00	Session IV: Nutrition and population health a. Hunger and undernutrition Moderator: Karoline Schmid, Population Division/DESA Mawuli Sablah, UNICEF, Causes and impacts of undernutrition over the life course [presentation] Anneka Knutsson, UNFPA, Nutrition and reproductive health [presentation]
11:15 - 1:00	b. Obesity and overweight Moderator: Paul Skoczylas, WFP Leendert Maarten Nederveen, WHO AM/PAHO (video link), Trends, causes, and consequences of overweight and obesity [presentation] Simon Barquera, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (Mexico), Double burden of obesity and undernutrition in Latin America [paper] [presentation] Corinna Hawkes, City University of London (video link), Policies and actions to address obesity [presentation] c. Food systems, health and sustainable diets Nancy Aburto, FAO, Food systems, health and sustainable diets [presentation]
3:00 - 4:00	Session V: Regional perspectives Moderator: Jorge Bravo, Population Division/DESA Namukolo Covic, IFPRI, Food security and nutrition in Africa [presentation] Sahar Fawzy Gad Elsonbaty, Ministry of Health, Egypt, Population, nutrition and sustainable development in Egypt [paper] [presentation]
4:15 - 5:30	Session VI: Discussion and recommendations for key messages to the CPD
5:30 - 5:45	Session VII: Closing

Monday, 16 September 2019

10:00 - 10:15

Session I: Opening of the meeting

John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division/DESA [opening remarks]

10:15 - 11:30

Session II: Setting the stage: Trends, concepts, definitions, and data sources

Moderator: Sandile Similane, UNFPA
Nancy Aburto, FAO, Overview of food security and nutrition concepts; hunger and food security indicators: trends and data sources [presentation]
Ruben Grajeda, WHO AM/PAHO (video link), Nutrition indicatiors: trends and data sources [presentation]
Frank Swiaczny, Population Division/DESA, Demographic megatrends and global population growth [presentation]

11:45 - 1:00

Session III: Food security and population change

a. Food security, growth, consumption and sustainability
- Moderator: Sara Hertog, Population Division/DESA
- Lorenzo Bellu, FAO, Growth and consumption trends, projections of food and agriculture [presentation]
- Hugo Valin, IIASA, Pathways toward sustainable land use and food systems [paper] [presentation]
- Marco Springmann, Oxford University, Health and nutritional aspects of sustainable diet strategies and their association with environmental impacts [paper] [presentation]

3:00 - 4:15

III. a. Continued
- Moderator: Astra Bonini, Division for Sustainable Development Goals/DESA
- Pierre Boileau, UNEP, Environmental and health impacts of food systems: Assessment by the sixth Global Environment Outlook [presentation]
- Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA-Goddard, Food security findings from IPCC Special Report on Climate change and land [presentation]
- Prajal Pradhan, Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Climate change and food security, highlighting urban food system and regional specificity [paper] [presentation]

4:30 - 6:00

b. Food security, population movements and settlement patterns
- Moderator: Clare Menozzi, Population Division/DESA
- Sara Savastano, IFAD, Rural transformation and creating opportunities for rural youth [presentation]
- Lorenzo Bellu, FAO, Population dynamics, rural transformation, rural employment, rural urban linkages [presentation]
- Alan de Brauw, IFPRI, Relationships between migration and food security [paper] [presentation]

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

10:00 - 11:00

Session IV: Nutrition and population health

a. Hunger and undernutrition
- Moderator: Karoline Schmid, Population Division/DESA
- Mawuli Sablah, UNICEF, Causes and impacts of undernutrition over the life course [presentation]
- Anneka Knutsson, UNFPA, Nutrition and reproductive health [presentation]

11:15 - 1:00

b. Obesity and overweight
- Moderator: Paul Skoczylas, WFP
- Leendert Maarten Nederveen, WHO AM/PAHO (video link), Trends, causes, and consequences of overweight and obesity [presentation]
- Simon Barquera, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (Mexico), Double burden of obesity and undernutrition in Latin America [paper] [presentation]
- Corinna Hawkes, City University of London (video link), Policies and actions to address obesity [presentation]

c. Food systems, health and sustainable diets
- Nancy Aburto, FAO, Food systems, health and sustainable diets [presentation]

3:00 - 4:00

Session V: Regional perspectives

Moderator: Jorge Bravo, Population Division/DESA
Namukolo Covic, IFPRI, Food security and nutrition in Africa [presentation]
Sahar Fawzy Gad Elsonbaty, Ministry of Health, Egypt, Population, nutrition and sustainable development in Egypt [paper] [presentation]

4:15 - 5:30

Session VI: Discussion and recommendations for key messages to the CPD

5:30 - 5:45

Session VII: Closing

Selected background readings

Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1)
Report of the Secretary-General on Agriculture, food security and nutrition (A/74/237)
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019
Future of Food and Agriculture: Alternative Pathways to 2050
Global Environmental Outlook 6
Global Report on Food Crises 2019
2019 Rural Development Report: Creating opportunities for rural youth
Climate Change and Land

Expert group meeting on changing population age structures and sustainable development

MSTOCKTO — Thu, 02 May 2019 18:17:00 +0000

Thursday, 13 October 2016 - 10:00am to Friday, 14 October 2016 - 5:00pm

Overview

The world population is experiencing a historical shift in its age distribution, from the mostly young age structures of the past, towards larger proportions of middle-aged and older persons in the present and future decades. This shift is driven by the demographic transition from high to lower levels of both fertility and mortality. The social and economic consequences of these changes vary greatly across regions and countries.

In consideration of these major global demographic trends and their impacts on development, the Commission on Population and Development decided that the special theme of its 50th session, which will take place in New York from 3 to 7 April, 2017, would be “Changing population age structures and sustainable development”.

The meeting is to examine the various aspects of this topic, with emphasis on new evidence and analysis regarding the drivers and consequences of the changing age distribution of the population. Participants will review the demographic drivers of changing population age structures and examine the implications of shifts in the population age distribution for government policies regarding health, education, work, social protection and intergenerational support.

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Organization of work

Thursday, 13 October 2016
09:30 – 10:00	Session I: Opening of the meeting
	John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division/DESA [Opening remarks] Jorge Bravo, Population Division/DESA, Introduction and objectives of the meeting Mun Sim Lai, Population Division/DESA, Global overview of changing population age structures and sustainable development [presentation]
10:00 – 11:30	Social security in ageing societies
	Moderator: Vinicius Pinheiro, International Labour Organization Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak, Warsaw School of Economics, Population ageing and social security in Europe [presentation] Rafael Rofman, World Bank, Ageing and social security in Latin America [presentation] Rafal Chomik, University of New, South Wales, Population ageing and social security in Asia [presentation]
13:30 – 15:00	Session III: Demographic and economic constraints to balancing work and family obligations
	Moderator: Yumiko Kamiya, Population Division Albert Esteve, Autonomous, University of Barcelona, Intergenerational coresidence around the world [presentation] Simone Wajnman, Federal, University of Minas Gerais, Demographic dynamics of family and work in Brazil [presentation] Gretchen Donehower, University of California, Berkeley, Gender, age and economic activity [presentation]
15:15 – 17:00	Session IV: New perspectives on ageing
	Moderator: Rosemary Lane, Division for Social Policy and Development Warren Sanderson, Stony Brook College, Age structure, mortality and prospective ageing [presentation] A life course approach to health and ageing: John Beard, World Health Organization (video) Amson Sibanda, Division for Social Policy and Development, Intergenerational socio-economic inequalities [presentation]
Friday, 14 October 2016
9:30 – 11:00	Session V: Fewer children and youth, with better health and education
	Moderator: Michael Herrmann, UNFPA Elina Pradhan, Harvard University, Fertility decline and education in developing countries [presentation] Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota, Fertility trends, health of children and youth in Arab countries [presentation]
11:15 – 12:45	Session VI: Aggregate economic implications of changing age structures: The demographic dividend
	Moderator: Jorge Bravo, Population Division Vegard Skirbekk, Columbia University, Ageing, health and work potential (video conference) [presentation] Eliya Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy, Africa’s demographic transition and demographic dividend [presentation] Michael Abrigo, University of Hawaii, New international evidence on the demographic dividend [presentation]
12:45 – 13:00	Session VII: Closing
	Closing remarks: John Wilmoth, Population Division

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Fifteenth coordination meeting on international migration

MSTOCKTO — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:59:00 +0000

Thursday, 16 February 2017 - 10:00am to Friday, 17 February 2017 - 6:00pm

Overview

International migration is a global phenomenon that is growing in scope, complexity and impact. Today, virtually all countries in the world are simultaneously countries of destination, origin and transit for international migrants. Traditional migration patterns are complemented by new migratory flows, fuelled by changing economic, demographic, political and social realities. Changing migration patterns affect the size and composition of migrant populations as well as host and origin economies and societies. The rise in global mobility, the growing complexity of migratory patterns and the impact of population movements have contributed to international migration becoming a priority for the international community.

The 15th Coordination Meeting on International Migration will take stock of progress made in implementing the migration-related commitments of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1). The meeting wil also contribute to the implementation of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (A/RES/71/1) by reviewing the substantive preparations for the 2018 intergovernmental conference on international migration, with a particular focus on the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (A/RES/71/1, Annex II).

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Commission on Population and Development, fiftieth session (2017)

MSTOCKTO — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:01:00 +0000

Monday, 03 April 2017 - 10:00am to Friday, 07 April 2017 - 6:00pm

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)

Report of the Commission on its 50th session

Decisions

Provisional agenda for the fifty-first session of the Commission on Population and Development (as orally revised) (E/CN.9/2017/L.2)
Special themes for the Commission on Population and Development in 2018 and 2019 (E/CN.9/2017/L.4)
Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its 50th session (E/CN.9/2017/6)
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

Keynote speakers

Monday, 3 April 2017
Eliya Zulu: Changing age structures and sustainable development in youthful societies
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Rania Antonopoulos: Changes in age structure and sustainable development in ageing societies

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Day of Eight Billion, 15 November 2022

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Expert group meeting on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development

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Organization of work

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Background documents

Other resources

Briefing on thematic reports of the Secretary-General held in preparation for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development

Overview

Expert group meeting on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development

Overview

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Organization of work

Selected background readings

Expert group meeting on changing population age structures and sustainable development

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Organization of work

Fifteenth coordination meeting on international migration

Overview

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Commission on Population and Development, fiftieth session (2017)

Changing population age structures and sustainable development

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

Report of the Commission on its 50th session

Decisions

Opening statements