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PREPCOM II

The second session of the Preparatory Committee was held in New York from 10-21 May 1993. The overriding objective was to reach agreement on the form and substance of the final document to be adopted in Cairo. Delegates agreed on a set of issues to be discussed and elaborated a conceptual framework for the final document. There was support for adoption of a new, free-standing document to include action-oriented recommendations to effectively address population and development challenges into the next decade. Delegates also reached consensus on the inclusion of a number of issues in this document, including the relationship between population, environment, sustained economic growth and development; the empowerment of women; population ageing; health and mortality; population distribution, urbanization and internal migration; international migration; reproductive health and family planning; and partnership between Governments and NGOs.