Enabling Choices: Population Dynamics and Sustainable Development
Report on ICPD Programme of Action Implementation in the UNECE Region
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the ground-breaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and its Programme of Action in 2019, the Regional Conference assessed progress and identify gaps in the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action in the UNECE region.
It focused on key actions for implementation and addressed the wider policy concerns related to:
- Population dynamics and sustainable development;
- Families, sexual and reproductive health over the life course; and
- Inequalities, social inclusion and rights
Organized jointly by UNECE and UNFPA, the Conference further aimed to strengthen the linkages between ICPD and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and reaffirmed commitment to implementing the ICPD Programme of Action in the region.
A report covering trends and developments since the last review in 2014 informed discussions at the Conference. The report and the Conference outcome, in form of a Rapporteurs’ summary, fed into the global review to take place at the 52nd Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in 2019.
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| Opening statement | Ms. Lidia Bratanova, Director, Statistical Division, UNECE | ||
| Opening Statement | Mr. Dereje Wordofa, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA | ||
| ICPD+25 years later: Recommitting to the vision of Cairo | |||
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| Ms. Sarah Kennell, Director of Government Relations, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights | Meeting commitments, realizing rights | ||
| Mr. Eduard Kluisha, Belarusian Association of assistance to children and young people with disabilities | |||
| Mr. Wolfgang Lutz, Founder and Director of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital | Population and Sustainable Development Synergies between ICPD and Agenda 2030 | PPT | |
| Ms. Alanna Armitage, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNFPA, and Ms. Vitalija Gaucaite-Wittich, Chief, UNECE Population Unit |
Report on the ICPD Programme of Action implementation in the UNECE Region |
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| Mr. Dario Korolija and Ms. Darya Shershun | Regional progress and challenges towards implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action | ||
| Ms. Medea Khmelidze | Real People, Real Vision and the Astra Network | ||
| Member States' statements | |||
| H.E. Ms. Denitsa Sacheva, Deputy Minister of Education and Science | Bulgaria | ||
| Ms. Elena Polyakova, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Belarus | ||
| H.E. Mr. François Rivasseau, Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent de la France auprès des Nations Unies et autres organisations internationales à Genève | France | ||
| H.E. Ms. Monique T.G. Van Daalen, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kindgom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva | The Netherlands | ||
| H.E. Ms. Mane Tandilyan, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Armenia | ||
| Ms. Simona Atanasova, Cabinet Advisor, Minister of Health | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | ||
| Ms. Diloram Tashmukhamedova, Director of OILA Center under the Cabinet of Minister | Uzbekistan | ||
| Ms. Martina Hemmersbach, Policy Officer, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community | Germany | ||
| Ms. Aliona Cretu, Head of Demographic Policies Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection | Republic of Moldova | ||
| Ms. Bjørg Skotnes, Minister Counsellor, Global Health Issues, Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva | Norway | ||
| H.E. Ms. Veronika Bard, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva | Sweden | ||
| Ms. Riccarda Caprez, Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and sustainable development, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs | Switzerland | ||
| First thematic session Population Dynamics and Sustainable Development |
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| Mr. Francesco Billari, Professor of Demography and Dean of the Faculty at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy | Fast Population Change | PPT | |
| H.E. Ms. Slavica Djukic-Deanovic, Minister without Portfolio in charge of Demography and Population Policies, Serbia | |||
| Ms. Elke Loichinger, Head of Research Group Demographic Change, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany | Germany's Demographic Strategy | PPT | |
| Mr. Ulukbek Batyrgalilev, Chair of the National Youth Committee, National Board Reproductive Health Alliance, Kyrgyz Republic | |||
| Ms. Anne Gauthier, Senior Researcher, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute | Gender-Sensitive Family Policies | PPT | |
| Member States' statements | |||
| H.E. Mr. Milos Prica, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Ms. Tatiana Gregor Brzobohata, Chairman of the Statutory board, Beauty of Help Foundation | Czech Republic | ||
| Mr. Toomas Palu, Health Sector Manager for the World Bank's South East Asia and Pacific Region | World Bank | ||
| Ms. Alia El-Yassir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia | UN Women | ||
| Ms. Olga Gagauz, Head of the Center for Demographic Research | Republic of Moldova | ||
| Ms. Vânia de la Fuente-Nunez, Technical Officer, Department of Ageing and Life Course | WHO | ||
| Ms. Leah Hoctor, Regional Director for Europe | Center for Reproductive Rights | ||
| Ms. Asel Kubanychbekova, Founder | School of safe motherhood | ||
| Second thematic session Families, Sexual and Reproductive Health over the Life Course |
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| Mr. Olivier Degomme, International Centre for Reproductive Health Scientific Director, Ghent University, Belgium | Realizing the ICPD PoA - Then, now and in years to come | PPT | |
| Mr. Madamin Karataev, Deputy Minister of Health, Kyrgyz Republic | |||
| Mme Marie-Pierre Rixain, Présidente du Comité Parlementaire pour les droits des femmes et l'égalité des genres, France | |||
| Mr. Will Niblett, Head of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights team, Department for International Development, United Kingdom | |||
| Ms. Lena Luyckfasseel, Director, Programme and Performance, IPPF European Network | From choice, a world of possibilities | PPT | |
| Member States' statements | |||
| Ms. Santa Livina, Director of Public Health Department, Ministry of Health | Latvia | ||
| The Hon. Malahat Ibrahimgizi, Member of the Parliament | Azerbaijan | ||
| Ms. Maia Lagvilava, Deputy Minister, Ministry of internally displaced persons from the occupied territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs | Georgia | ||
| Mrs. Karine Saribekyan, Head of the Child and Maternal Health, Ministry of Health | Armenia | ||
| H.E. Ms. Monique T.G. Van Daalen, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kindgom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva | The Netherlands | ||
| Mr. Olzhas Toguzbayev, Deputy Director of the Department on Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Kazakhstan | ||
| Ms. Anina Chileva, Senior Expert, International Centre for Youth Development PETRI Executive, Ministry of Health | Bulgaria | ||
| Ms. Henriette Van Gulik, Senior Adviser | UNAIDS | ||
| Mr. Thomas Lee, Policy Adviser | Marie Stopes International | ||
| Ms. Iatamze Verulashvili, Executive Director | Union Women Center | ||
| Mr. Ian Askew, Director, Reproductive Health and Research | WHO | ||
| Ms. Simona Atanasova, Cabinet Advisor, Minister of Health | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | ||
| Third thematic session Inequalities, social inclusion and Rights |
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| Ms. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Vice-President of CEDAW | New challenges to gender equality and empowerment from the Cedaw's perspective | PPT | |
| Ms. Oleksandra Churkina, Deputy Minister for European Integration, Ministry of Social Policy, Ukraine | State Social Policy of Ukraine: equal rights and social inclusion | PPT | |
| Ms. Sopio Kiladze, Chair of Human rights and civil integration committee, Parliament of Georgia |
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| Mr. Vinay P. Saldanha, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNAIDS | |||
| Ms. Claudia Lam, Deputy to the Director ad interim, Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights | Human rights protection and equality as key elements of inclusive societies in Europe | ||
| Ms. Nesime Salioska, Executive Director, association ROMA SOS, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | |||
| Member States' statements | |||
| Ms. Sopo Japaridze, Advisor on Human rights and Gender Equality Issues to the Prime Minister | Georgia | ||
| H.E. Ms. Galya Zaharieva, Member of the Parliament | Bulgaria | ||
| Mr. Ion Donea, Head of Youth Department, Ministry of Education, Culture and Research | Republic of Moldova | ||
| Mr. David Cassar, Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva | Malta | ||
| Ms. Olimi Marhabo, Deputy Head of the Committee on Women and Family Affairs | Tajikistan | ||
| Ms. An Huybrechts, Lead Global and Sustainable Development European Network | IPPF | ||
| Ms. Silvia Perel Levin, Main Representative Geneva | International Longevity Centre-Global Alliance - INPEA | ||
| Closing plenary session | |||
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| H.E. Ms. Deyana Kostadinova, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva | Highlights from the Conference discussions | ||
| Ms. Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich, Chief, Population Unit, UNECE Statistical Division | Draft report of the Conference | PPT | |
| Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Director of Programme and Strategy Division, UNFPA | ICPD+25 Global review - regional inputs | PPT | |
| Ms. Olga Algayerova, Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary, UNECE | Closing remarks | ||
| Ms. Alanna Armitage, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNFPA | Closing remarks | ||