Selected resolutions and decisions related to population adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1991
Population newsletter 1991(51): 17-21
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-4849 PMID: 12179609 Document Number: 384337
UN resolutions and decisions pertaining to population adopted by the Economic and Social council at its 2nd Session in 1991 are published in the UN Population Newsletter. First the Secretary-General was asked to continue giving priority to monitoring world population trends in ongoing projects such as studies on relationships between population and development, role of women, analysis of population policies, and biennial estimates and projections of populations, among others. The Secretary General was requested to continue giving high priority to multilateral technical cooperation programs on such topics as training in demography, analysis of population data, formulation of population policies, implementation of programs, and training of population specialists. The Economic and Social Council decided that a meeting to be held in 1994 will be called the International Conference on Population and Development. Its objectives will be: 1) to appraise progress made on the World Population Plan of Action; 2) to identify instruments and mechanisms to implement these recommendations; 3) to strengthen awareness of population issues on the international agenda and their links to development; 4) to consider ways of treating population issues in their development context in the next decade; 5_ to adopt a set of recommendations for the next decade; and 6) to enhance mobilization of resources needed in developing countries to implement the results of the Conference. A set of 6 issues was proposed as needing the most attention in the next decade: population growth; population policies; relationships between population; development; and the environment; changing population distribution, role and status of women; and family planning programs, health, and well-being. 6 expert groups will be convened to address these issues at the Conference.