ENB:06:13
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AUSTRALIA:
Corinne Tomkinson noted that the key issues for
Australia include: the linkages between environmental
degradation, population distribution and poverty; status of women
issues; indigenous peoples' issues; population movements,
including international migration; reproductive rights,
reproductive health and family planning; health and mortality;
and population aging. If goals are to be set, they should be
carefully thought out and realistic in their aims. Australia also
has reservations about setting financial targets for donors in
population assistance that may prove to be unrealistic and
impossible to achieve. The text in Part II of the document should
distinguish between national and international responsibilities
for implementation of recommendations. Part III, Means of
Implementation, requires further work and should be linked with
recommendations in the earlier sections. Institutional outcomes
should be referenced in the text as well.