UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights 

The Human Rights Council at its eleventh regular session on 17 June 2009 adopted an important resolution on ‘Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights’. In taking action on this resolution Governments not only express grave concern for the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, but also acknowledge that it is a human rights issue. They therefore commit themselves to enhance their efforts at the national and international level to protect the lives of women and girls worldwide.

The 4th International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD (IPCI-ICPD) - organised by UNFPA and the Forum of African and Arab Parliamentarians on Population and Development (FAAPPD) - will now be held on the 27th and 28th of October 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Fifteen years after Cairo Stan Bernstein of UNFP moderated a discussion by Nafis Sadik, Fred Sai, and Francis Kissing 

In looking ahead, the panelists called for a sharp focus on the achievement of universal access to reproductive health by 2015, and the mobilization of young people and the development community to more actively support the visionary ICPD agenda. They noted that the economic climate has changed since 1994, which means that advocacy about and commitment to the vision of the ICPD is more important than ever.

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Berlin, Germany
September 2 – 4, 2009

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 

• Call for Applications and Participant Application Form - English
• Call for Applications and Participant Application Form - French
• Call for Applications and Participant Application Form - Spanish

Please circulate widely

In recognition of the 15 yr. anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development aims to strengthen NGOs working in partnership to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for sustainable development in an uncertain and interdependent world. The Government of Germany and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are the co-hosts of this forum. A website with more information on the Forum will be set up at www.globalngoforum.org by 8 May.

UNFPA has confirmed the dates of the following Expert Group Meetings on “Population Dynamics and Climate Change”, London 24-25 June 2009; “Reducing Inequities: Ensuring Universal Access to Family Planning”, New York 30 June -2 July; and “The Impact of Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Developing Adolescents’ Health, Social and Economic Assets”, Bogota 27-29 October. The dates and venue for the Expert Group Meeting on SRH-related Prevention Techniques”, scheduled for November, are yet to be announced.

The ICPD at 15 Regional Africa Meeting is now scheduled to take place 19-23 October, the venue has yet to be confirmed. The High Level Meeting on Maternal Health – MDG5 will take place on 25 October, again the venue has to be confirmed. The dates for the 4th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD (IPCI-ICPD), to be held in Cairo, are now 26-27 October.

The website for Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development – Invest in Health, Rights and the Future, to be held in Berlin 2-4 September 2009, will be launched shortly and will provide regularly updated information on the programme; process for selection of participants; and process for national level consultations. Please check back to this website regularly as we will be posting a link to the Forum site as soon as it is available.

"Kampala Declaration" - adopted at the International Forum on “ICPD@15:Progress and Prospects” held in Kampala, Uganda, 24-25 November 2008

http://www.partners-popdev.org/doc/kampala_declaration_EN.pdf

The theme of the 42nd Session was "The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals"

Keynote addresses by:
Population, age structure and poverty - David Canning
Conséquences de la croissance démographique dans les PMD? - Jean-Pierre Guengant

Introductionary statements by:

Statement:  Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

Statement:  Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund

Statement:  Hania Zlotnik, Director, Population Division

Agenda items and country and NGO statements can be found here.  

NGO Forum to mark the 15th anniversary of ICPD
2-4 September, 2009
Berlin, Germany

Dear colleagues,

This is to share with some further news about the Global NGO Forum to mark the anniversary of ICPD at 15. The Forum will be supported by UNFPA and the German Government