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OUTCOME

ICPD PrepCom II was gavelled to a close on Friday, 21 May 1993 at 4:45 pm. The following decision documents were approved:

  • "Preparations for the International Conference on Population and Development ("E/CONF.84/PC/L.7/Rev.1, as amended): This draft decision, originally proposed by the G- 77, was the subject of intensive consultations during the second week of the PrepCom. The final document calls for the ICPD to become a subsidiary body of the General Assembly. It also requests that the Secretary-General of the ICPD prepare the first draft of the Cairo document by February 1994 and submit an annotated outline of the ICPD final document to the 48th session of the General Assembly this fall.
2) "Proposed Conceptual Framework of the Draft Recommendations of the Conference" (E/CONF.84/PC/L.9): This draft decision was submitted by the Chair of the PrepCom on the basis of informal consultations. It contains both the draft structure of the final document as well as a summary of the formal and informal discussions that were carried out on the content of the Cairo document. It is on the basis of this document that the Secretariat will commence drafting of the new Population Plan of Action.

As far as the structure of the final document is concerned, the Plenary agreed to remove the brackets, providing the draft outline would be the topic of further consultations during the intersessional period. Thus, the draft outline for the Cairo document is set out as follows:

  • PREAMBLE
  • PRINCIPLES/FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Chapter I: THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POPULATION, SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter II: GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
  • Chapter III: POPULATION GROWTH AND STRUCTURE
  • Chapter IV: THE FAMILY, ITS ROLE AND COMPOSITION
  • Chapter V: REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING
  • Chapter VI: HEALTH AND MORTALITY
  • Chapter VII: POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, URBANIZATION AND INTERNAL MIGRATION
  • Chapter VIII: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
  • MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION:
  • Chapter IX: PROMOTION OF POPULATION INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION
  • Chapter X: CAPACITY-BUILDING
  • Chapter XI: TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
  • PARTNERSHIP IN POPULATION - ACTORS AND RESOURCES:
  • Chapter XII: NATIONAL ACTION
  • Chapter XIII: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
  • Chapter XIV: PARTNERSHIPS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTORS
  • FROM COMMITMENT TO ACTION:
  • CHAPTER XV: FOLLOW-UP TO THE CONFERENCE.
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