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	The Population Question
		Serious as the problem of interrelation among environment, development and population is, it cannot be solved in an over-simplistic manner and many of the most alarming predictions have proven false and have been discredited by a number of recent studies.
		Development policies that seek to reduce poverty with an emphasis on improved education and social conditions for women are far more effective than usual population reduction programs and far more respectful of women's dignity.
		It is closely related to issues of development and population and the international community must extend assistance and protection to all migrants and their families....
	conservation.catholic.org /the_population_question.htm (4668 words)

	NGLS Roundup 73
		Throughout the debate developing countries emphasized that their experiences with population, development, economic growth and the environment were very different from those of developed nations.
		During a panel discussion on the linkages between population, development and the environment, Bertil Egero of the Programme on Population and Development at the University of Lund (Sweden) said better technology was only one of the reasons advanced nations had some control over their environmental pollution.
		The Commission on Population and Development consists of 47 members (for 2001), elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of four years on the basis of geographical distribution.
	www.unsystem.org /NGLS/documents/text/roundup/73cpd34.htm (2664 words)

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		Reports under consideration by the commission indicated that due to widening disparities in growth and development between countries and regions, and sweeping changes in global political and economic systems, migration pressures have intensified in the latter half of the 1980s and the early 1990s.
		The commission recalled GA resolution 50/123, in which the General Assembly decided to include international migration and development, including the convening of a UN conference on international migration and development in its provisional agenda for the 52nd session.
		The commission considered a note by the Secretary-General transmitting the agreed conclusions adopted by ECOSOC in 1996 on coordination of the UN system of activities for poverty eradication (E/CN.9/1997/10) that are addressed directly to the CPD or that have a direct impact on the commission s work.
	www.unsystem.org /ngls/documents/text/roundup/15cpd30.txt (2087 words)

	United Nations Population Division Home Page
		Population and development in the United Nations system is under the responsibility of different intergovernmental bodies whose work is supported by the Secretariat of the United Nations and its affiliated agencies, programmes and funds.
		Within the United Nations work in the area of population is reviewed by a three-tiered system consisting of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Population and Development.
		Population and development issues in the United Nations system are treated by various entities.
	www.un.org /esa/population (114 words)

	PLANetWIRE.org: Commission on Population and Development Opens 35th Session
		The fact that the world’s population had not grown as fast as had been expected was an affirmation of the vision and success of the Cairo agenda.
		The Commission had kept the international community visibly mobilized and committed to addressing population and development issues, and that tradition needed to continue into the twenty-first century.
		The debate on the concise report of the Secretary-General on world population monitoring, 2002, was launched by the special discussant for the current session, Amy Tsui, Professor from Johns Hopkins University, who stressed the importance of the macro-level development implications of improved reproductive health, and national responsibility for the right to health.
	www.planetwire.org /details/2513 (958 words)

	Dispatches from a U.N. population meeting in the Big Apple \| Grist \| Dispatches \| 24 Mar 2004
		This week she is attending a U.N. meeting to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development.
		New York, N.Y. Government delegates from 41 countries are convening this week at the United Nations headquarters for the Commission on Population and Development meeting to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo.
		Today, at the Commission on Population and Development, the G77 (a coalition of developing countries) and the European Union both signaled their ongoing commitment to the consensus and their desire to reaffirm.
	www.grist.org /comments/dispatches/2004/03/24/whitaker-nwf/index.html (558 words)

	Aging Watch at the UN : Commission on Population and Development
		Following the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held at Cairo in 1994, it was renamed the Commission on Population and Development in order to emphasize its expanded role as the main follow-up mechanism to the decisions of the Conference, and the new international approaches that aim to integrate population concerns into development strategies.
		The Commission is responsible for preparing studies and advising Ecosoc on a range of population issues; monitoring, reviewing and assessing the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action at the national, regional and global levels; and making appropriate recommendations to the Council on its findings.
		The ICPD commitments were reaffirmed at a special session of the General Assembly held in 1999, which called for the development of comprehensive strategies to meet the challenges of population ageing and for paying special attention to the economic and social security of older persons.
	www.globalaging.org /agingwatch/events/CPD (483 words)

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		In light of the peculiar place of women in the structure of societies and their key roles in the success of development initiatives and the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals, the increasing trend towards the feminization of international migration was an issue of deep concern for the Group.
		The responsibility for developing such policies rested in the first place with countries concerned, but the international community should support the efforts of those countries, especially those where migration pressure was unduly strong, to stem the structural causes of migration through, among other things, more coherent trade, agricultural and development policies.
		The United States’ contribution of $3.1 billion for population activities was more than half of all donor contributions in 2005, and she noted an increase in domestic funding for population activities by developing countries across all regions.
	presszoom.com /story_115692.html (4949 words)

	Statement of the Holy See to the United Nations
		Today, the work of the Commission includes the examination of trends and impacts upon population and development like HIV, unknown 60 years ago, and the migration of peoples, with their respective consequences.
		As the population generally grows older in the developed world, the phenomenon of migration is being examined in a different light.
		It is to be hoped that the resolve expressed by all the world’s leaders to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, migrant workers and members of their families will be built upon, to the benefit of all peoples without distinction.
	www.holyseemission.org /05April2006.html (666 words)

	COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
		At the same time, the fact that half of the world's population now live in urban areas calls for urgent and renewed efforts to minimise the negative effects of urbanisation on the environment as well as on health and quality of life, with particular attention given to the living conditions of the poor.
		The World Summit on Sustainable Development that will be held in South Africa in the year 2002 is of particular relevance for the theme of this meeting, and will provide an opportunity to revitalise the spirit of Rio and to shape a renewed political commitment by all countries to achieving sustainable development.
		In order to achieve an integrated development agenda, the European Union recommends that issues related to population and development will be given due attention during all of these events.
	www.un.int /sweden/pages/eu/state_eu/stapr02b.htm (1718 words)

	i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - IN POPULATION COMMISSION, KEYNOTE SPEAKER CALLS FOR ‘MARSHALL ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This afternoon, the Commission is expected to continue its consideration of population, development and HIV/AIDS, with particular emphasis on poverty, and to start consideration of the programme implementation and the future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population.
		Among challenges faced was the need to develop behaviour change communication strategies, to sustain momentum for voluntary counselling and testing, and to mobilize adequate financial and human resources to implement a national response and to address gender inequalities.
		MINA MANGRE (Suriname) informed the Commission about her country’s National Population Policy 2005-2010, which was a package of measures and programmes to establish a balance between meeting the rights, needs and demands of the individual in the society, on the one hand, and establishing sustainable development, on the other.
	i-newswire.com /pr13970.html (9822 words)

	Speech on Aging Policy and the Commission on Social Development
		ECOSOC established the Commission for Social Development in 1946 to advise it on social policies of a general character and, in particular, on all matters in the social field not covered by the specialized inter-governmental agencies.
		We believe that in order for the Commission for Social Development to fulfill all its functions and new responsibilities, including the follow-up to the Summit, it is now necessary to revert to annual meetings.
		As the focal point on ageing within the system, the Commission for Social Development, which is served by the Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, will have to contribute substantially to the preparation and observance of the Year.
	www.globalaging.org /resources/ambjulia.htm (945 words)

	ECLAC SESSIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT: NOTES
		In Jamaica, after population policy was brought into line with the guidelines produced by the International Conference on Population and Development, it was decided that the Intersectoral Coordinating Committee for Population Policy should be replaced with a Population and Development Commission of a technical nature, which will deal with the broad area of sustainable development.
		In 1997, Nicaragua set up a National Population Commission attached to the Social Cabinet, the main function of which is to coordinate the implementation of the population policy ratified in 1998.
		In Bolivia, population issues were incorporated as a cross-disciplinary theme in the four "pillars" (opportunity, equity, institutional framework and dignity) of the General Economic and Social Development Plan for 1997-2002.
	www.eclac.cl /Celade/publica/lcdemg184/LCDEM184G22i.html (2292 words)

	Huge rise in population of developing countries forecast -DAWN - Top Stories; 26 February, 2005
		UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25: The world's population will reach 6.5 billion by July and, despite lower expected fertility rates, is likely to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, with most of the increase in developing countries, the United Nations Population Division says in its revised report for 2004.
		Their populations is expected to reach 7.8 billion in 2050 from 5.3 billion now, while the population of the more developed countries will remain around 1.2 billion, it says.
		In 2002, the division had estimated a population in 2050 of 8.9 billion and last week, in a report sent to the 47-member UN Commission on Population and Development, had calculated the figure at 9 billion, reaching the 7 billion mark by 2012.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/26/top15.htm (321 words)

	Population Index - Volume 65 - Number 1
		Four phases of population growth strategies are identified, covering the periods 1948-1965, 1965-1977, 1977-1989, and 1989 onward.
		Providing information on the levels, trends and nature of international population assistance for the period 1987 to 1996, the report focuses on the flow of funds in the form of grants or loans from developed countries for population assistance in developing countries.
		When the linkage between migration and security is analyzed academically, a common hypothesis is that a securitization of migration discourse--that is, a change in the official migration discourse of a state--is more likely to precede the securitization of the migration policy--that is, changes in the migration policy of the entity....
	popindex.princeton.edu /browse/v65/n1/m.html (4202 words)

	Issue 24 - UNFPA Global Population Policy Update
		The Commission on Population and Development was set up in 1946 with the name Population Commission, to advise the Economic and Social Council on population and its effects.
		Following the Cairo Conference, its name was changed to the Commission on Population and Development by the General Assembly, which also decided that, as from 1996, the Commission would meet annually to review the Cairo Programme's implementation.
		The Commission's 47 countries are elected on the basis of equitable geographic distribution.
	www.unfpa.org /parliamentarians/news/newsletters/issue24.htm (686 words)

	FI: Conclusion of Commission on Population and Development
		On 14 April, the 38th session of the Commission on Population and Development, scheduled from 4-8 April, unanimously adopted a five-page resolution on Population, Development and HIV/AIDS with a particular emphasis on poverty.
		Noting that urgent and sustained action was required in all fields and on all levels, the Commission’s resolution urged governments to increase the capacity of adults and adolescents — empowering women in particular — to protect themselves from HIV infection.
		Florence recommended using an accompaniment model developed out of the communal experience of indigenous cultures, in which resource persons walk side-by-side with those who are responsible for the socialisation and education of so many younger members of the community.
	www.franciscansinternational.org /news/article.php?id=744 (691 words)

	July 21, 2003: Economic and Environmental Questions: Population and Development
		The 36th Session of the Commission on Population and Development provided a positive environment for the discussion on this year's theme - population, education, and development.
		The International Conference on Population and Development in its Programme of Action set a goal of achieving universal access to education by 2015, and eliminating the gender gap in primary and secondary education by 2005.
		As the report on world population monitoring makes clear, educational achievement matters for both men and women, but it is an especially important element for women in the achievement of gender equality.
	www.us-mission.ch /press2003/0720ECOSOC.htm (354 words)

	IN PROGRESS: COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
		The Commission on Population and Development met this morning to continue its general discussion on follow-up actions to the recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and to begin its general debate on national experience in population matters: international migration and development.
		Against that backdrop, ESCWA, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), assisted countries in the region by organizing workshops and expert group meetings for the policymakers and technical staff of Governments and civil society, she said.
		WANG GUOQIANG, Vice-Minister of National Population and Family Planning Commission of China, noted that as a direct outcome of globalization, international population migration had an important impact -- both positive and negative -- on socio-economic development in both host and source countries.
	presszoom.com /print_story_115692.html (4908 words)

	Population and Migration
		The current world population of 6.5 billion is estimated to be growing by 1.2% annually, reaching over nine billion by 2050, according to the United Nations.
		Many societies are aging, and in some nations the increasing proportion of elderly in the population is placing pressure on existing public sector pension systems and social welfare programs.
		The U.S. does not endorse population "stabilization" or "control." The "ideal" family size should be determined by the desires of couples, not governments.
	www.state.gov /g/prm/mig (625 words)

	SD : People : Health and mortality - linkages to development: Statement by FAO : Follow-up to the recommendations of ...
		FAO is also concerned that health services should adapt to the changing needs of rural populations due to environmental changes or depletion of natural resources and to the modifications in the age structure of rural populations, e.g.
		Nutrition and population issues are clearly inter-linked and several of FAO's activities since 1995 are directly relevant to the work of the Commission.
		With the disease brought under control in West Africa, opening up approximately 25 million hectares of arable land, the most fertile in the entire area, the participating countries and the sponsoring agencies are now emphasizing their concern that this potential be tapped in a sustainable manner.
	www.fao.org /sd/wpdirect/wpre0069.htm (1620 words)

	UN Population Conference Victory
		The UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD) ended its annual session yesterday and prolife groups are claiming victory.
		As is typical, the UN organizers and allied pro-abortion non-governmental organizations had hoped to use the conference outcome document to advance abortion-on-demand, specifically through adoption of the phrase "reproductive health care services." A coalition of regionally diverse nations including the US, Costa Rica, and Egypt banded together and stopped them.
		At the Commission on the Status of Women in March, the United States forced numerous left-wing governments and pro-abortion NGOs to admit that the Beijing Platform for Action also did not create a right to abortion.
	www.righttoliferoch.org /nun050414.htm (330 words)

	PLANetWIRE.org: UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION POINTS TO SUCCESS OF 1994 POPULATION AGREEMENT
		NGOs attending the Commission on Population and Development are urging members to reaffirm Cairo, in spite of efforts by some nations to roll back the consensus.
		At the Economic and Social Commission of the Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) meeting in Bangkok in December 2002, the United States was the only nation to oppose a declaration reaffirming Cairo after using U.S. assistance in an attempt to coerce other nations to join their position.
		Today at the Commission on Population and Development, the G77 and European Union have both signaled their ongoing commitment to the consensus and their desire to reaffirm.
	www.planetwire.org /details/4626 (696 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NEW YORK, APRIL 5, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here the statement that Archbishop Celestino Migliore, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, gave today at the 39th session of the Commission on Population and Development of the Economic and Social Council.
		It dealt with population and international migration and development.
		If the development of the world's peoples is to be both sustainable and sane, such flawed policies will have to be replaced by truly people-centered ones.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=87248 (693 words)

	ENB @ ICPD+5 PrepCom/UNGASS-21, New York June-July 1999
		PrepCom Chair Chowdhury presented the Report of the Commission on Population and Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session.
		She noted that since Cairo countries have, inter alia: integrated population into broader development policies; taken action to promote gender equity and equality; integrated family planning into broad and inclusive reproductive health services while giving safe motherhood appropriate attention; and addressed unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem.
		He stressed that financial resources are essential for all development efforts and stated that population must be considered when addressing any major global issue.
	www.iisd.ca /population/ungass/30june.html (877 words)

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