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48TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The ICPD was considered by the 48th session of the UN General
Assembly on 4-5 November 1993. The annotated outline, building upon
the work of PrepCom II, was the focus of many statements during the
Second Committee debate. During the discussion, delegates raised a
number of key points, including:
- the centrality of population issues must be maintained in the Cairo document;
- the recommendations should be action-oriented, clear and concise;
- the rights of the individual must be central to the document;
- the chapter on the empowerment of women must be strengthened;
- the document should give more attention to sexuality and the family planning needs of youth and adolescents;
- the Secretariat should provide information on the costs of various proposals;
- means of implementation should be given a high priority;
- the chapter on follow-up to the Conference is inadequate;
- the issues of consumption and lifestyles should be given more attention;
- the perspective and needs of countries in transition should be reflected;
- the section on indigenous peoples needs strengthening; and
- the role of NGOs should be spelled out more carefully.
The General Assembly also agreed that: the ICPD Preparatory
Committee become a subsidiary body of the General Assembly (a
change from its status as a subsidiary body of ECOSOC); the ICPD
Secretary-General should prepare by February 1994 the first draft
of the final substantive document of the Conference; PrepCom III
would be extended by one week (4-22 April 1994); and two days of
pre-Conference consultations will be convened in Cairo (3-4
September 1994).
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