POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RESUMES NEGOTIATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW CAIRO OUTCOME
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POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RESUMES NEGOTIATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW CAIRO OUTCOME
19990624 The Commission on Population and Development, acting as the preparatory committee for the General Assembly's upcoming special session that will review the Programme of Action adopted by the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), resumed its negotiations this morning on key elements for further implementing the Cairo Programme of Action.The special session will be held at Headquarters from 30 June to 2 July. The Commission, which has scheduled four days for negotiations, had before it this morning a revised paper submitted by its Chairman, Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh).
Addressing the session this morning, Mr. Chowdhury said he hoped that, in the days ahead, the spirit which had resulted in the Cairo Programme of Action would be maintained. He also hoped that everyone would be happy with the final outcome. Special sessions were major exercises tied to the global conferences of the 1990s. The review processes formed a close and integral link in the work of the United Nations.
The revised draft document now being considered covers a wide range of population and development concerns. The topics include: reproductive rights and health; family planning and sexual health; maternal mortality and morbidity; transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS; and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
At its last session, held from 22 March to 1 April, the preparatory committee approved organizational matters for the special session, but was unable to agree on key proposals for the further implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action. It, therefore, decided to resume its session to act on those proposals. The Commission has scheduled three negotiating sessions for today and tomorrow: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3 to 6 p.m.; and from 7 to 10 p.m.
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