This inter-governmental meeting was held during 7-9 December 1998 at the Hilton Hotel in Budapest (Hungary). The meeting was organised within the framework of the world-wide quinquennial review and appraisal of the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. It reviewed the implementation of the Programme of Action and the Recommendations of the 1993 European Population Conference. The priority themes of the meeting included: fertility, family and gender issues; reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health; mortality and health; population ageing; and international migration. The meeting adopted Conclusions, which have been published along with selected conference materials. Complete information on this meeting is as follows:
Background documents
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EPC RecommendationsHTML
ICPD Programme of ActionHTML
PAU Advisory Group's recommendationsPDF
Early-October Advisory Group's recommendationsPDF
Late-October Advisory Group's recommendationsPDF
Information notices
Information Notice No. 1PDF
Information Notice No. 2PDF
Background papers
About the authorsPDF
David ColemanPopulations in the UN ECE Region on the eve of the millennium: trends and issuesPDF
Gérard CalotLa fécondité en Europe et en Amérique du NordPDF
Josef SchmidPopulation Ageing: Dynamics, and Social and Economic Implications at Family, Community and Societal LevelsPDF
Péter JózanSome features of mortality in the member states of the ECEPDF
John SaltInternational Migration in the UNECE Region: Patterns, Trends, PoliciesPDF
Agenda and related conference room documents
Provisional agendaPDF
Annotated provisional agendaPDF
Order of businessPDF
Draft conclusions of the meetingPDF
Draft co-operation in population analysisPDF
Final documents
Report of the meetingPDF
Conclusions (Annex I)PDF
Research Areas (Annex II)PDF
List of participantsPDF
List of documentsPDF
National Reports
AlbaniaPDF
AustriaPDF
BelgiumPDF
CroatiaPDF
CyprusPDF
DenmarkPDF
FinlandPDF
GermanyPDF
HungaryPDF
ItalyPDF
KazakhstanPDF
LatviaPDF
The Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaPDF
The NetherlandsPDF
NorwayPDF
PolandPDF
PortugalPDF
RomaniaPDF
Russian FederationPDF
SloveniaPDF
SpainPDF
SwedenPDF
SwitzerlandPDF
TurkeyPDF
UkrainePDF
United KingdomPDF
United States of AmericaPDF