Population

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the International Conference on Population and Development Preparation Conference (ICPD+25), in Djibouti today:

Delegates called for finishing “the unfinished business” of promoting and protecting women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, as the General Assembly today concluded its high-level meeting commemorating the twenty‑fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development.

Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks to the General Assembly meeting marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, in New York today:

Achieving continuous progress on women’s empowerment hinges on keeping the “promise of Cairo” alive, speakers stressed, as the General Assembly convened a high-level plenary meeting to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the landmark International Conference on Population and Development.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on World Population Day, observed on 11 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as prepared for delivery by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, to the United Nations Population Award ceremony, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at a reception marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York today:

The Commission on Population and Development concluded its fifty‑second session at Headquarters today with speakers calling for hard work and urgent action to fulfil the promises of the Programme of Action that emerged from the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo.

Representatives from civil society today advocated for a rights-based approach to demographic issues, urging Governments to scale up their support for education and health, as the Commission on Population and Development concluded its general debate.