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CPD-32

32nd Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development
22-31 March, 1999

ICPD +5 Preparatory Meeting
24-31 March, 1999

 

BRIEFING for Wednesday, 24 March

The ICPD+5 PrepCom opened on Wednesday, 24 March. delegates met in Plenary to address organizational matters in the morning and hear offical country statements in the afternoon. A Working Group convened in the afternoon to begin negotiations on proposals for action for the further implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (POA). Joseph Chamie, Director of the DESA Population Division, Kerstin Trone, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director, and Nafis Sadik, UNFPA Executive Director, introduced the documents for the meeting.

 

Photo highlights

Opening Plenary of the ICPD+5 PrepCom (right and below)
Joseph Chamie, Director of the DESA Population Division
Chairman Robert Lewis Cliquet (Belgium)
Kerstin Trone, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director

 

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