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