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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
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BRIEFING for Thursday, 1 April |
DAILY COVERAGE |
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Extended for one more day, the Commission on Population and Development acting as the preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the UN Special Session of the General Assembly (UNGASS) for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action (POA) of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held its Closing Plenary, suspended its work and adjourned at 8:30 pm. Delegates first convened informally at 3:00 pm to discuss outstanding issues including participation of NGOs in the Special Session and when to convene the resumed PrepCom. A clean text of agreed changes thus far to the Draft Working Paper on proposals for key actions for further implementation of the ICPD POA was distributed, as well as a Compilation of Amendments submitted by delegations. In the Closing Plenary, delegates adopted documents regarding UNGASS on the draft provisional agenda and organizational matters, the establishment of the list of speakers for the debate in Plenary, and arrangements for the accreditation of NGOs. A decision on when to hold the resumed PrepCom will later be taken after further consideration by the Bureau. |
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Photo and ReadlAudio highlights |
| Scenes from the Closing Plenary . . . . . |
 UNFPA
Executive Secretary Nafis Sadek said she hoped the PrepCom would find
a way to finish the document to allow for high-level participation at
UNGASS, the value of which would be more political commitments, beneficial
to all countries where UNFPA works |
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In
his concluding remarks, PrepCom Chair Anwarul Karim Chowdhury said
although time could have been managed better during the PrepCom, progress
was made and the intent is there to finish work well ahead of time so
that UNGASS is a success. |
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UNFPA Executive
Secretary Nafis Sadek and PrepCom Chair Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (left)
Nafis Sadek with Vladimar Zelenov and Maritza Struyvenberg of the ECOSOC Secretariat peruse the clean text of agreed changes to the Draft Working Paper distributed at the Closing Plenary
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M.
Nizamuddin, Director, Technical and Policy Division, UNFPA, with Executive
Director Nafis Sadek
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Joseph
Chamie, Director of the DESA Population Division thanked delegates,
the Bureau, the supportive staff and particularly Chair Chowdhury for
navigating the Preparatory Committee through difficult waters |
| Delegates discuss the clean text of agreed changes to the Draft Working Paper |
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Argentina and Nicaragua (left) The US and Canada (right) |
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Ross Hynes, Canada and PrepCom Vice-Chairman |
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Ms.
Hertrampf, Germany, spoke on behalf of the EU
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During
the Working Group, Norway proposed compromised text promoting the reduction
of maternal mortality and morbidity as a public health priority and reproductive
rights concern, after delegates could not reach consensus as to whether
it should be promoted as a human rights issue
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The dias at the end of the Closing Plenary |
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After
the Closing Plenary, Libya, Iran and Sudan thank the Chair for his hard
work
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| Delegates congratulate June Persaud, G77/China Chair, on a job well done |
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Ahmed
Amaziane, Mission of Morocco to the UN (left)
The delegate of Zambia with the G77/China Chair |
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A reporter interviews Chair Chowdhury after the Closing Plenary |
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Kira
Schmidt, ENB writer, discusses PrepCom progress thus far with Musafare
C. Nyamudahondo, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the
UN, and answers questions regarding the ENB
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Archives:
- Briefing, photographs and RealAudio for 31 March
- Briefing and photographs for 30 March
- Briefing, photographs and RealAudio for 26 March
- Briefing, photographs and RealAudio for 25 March
- Briefing and photographs for 24 March
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