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Revisiting the Promise of Cairo
Revisiting the Promise of Cairo
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Number of pages
49
Author
Unfpa
Publication
Cairo Declaration
Publication date
01 January 2013
Declaration adopted at the ICPD Beyond 2014 Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States held in Cairo from 24 through 26 June 2013.
Publisher
Arab States Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund
Number of pages
96
Author
Arab States Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund
Publication
ICPD @ 15 Arab State Regional report
Publication date
01 January 2010
This Regional Review had been prepared by the UNFPA ArabStates Regional Office in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). It emphasizes the implementation of the ICPD/PoA for accelerating progress towards achievement of the MDGs in the Arab World. The review started with guidelines that were sent to all countries in the region for the preparation of reports on the ICPD+15 and the MDGs.
Publisher
United Nations Population Fund, ESCWA,League of Arab States and Permanent Population Committee
Number of pages
12
Author
United Nations Population Fund, ESCWA,League of Arab States and Permanent Population Committee
Publication
Doha Declaration
Publication date
01 January 2009
The heads of population councils/commissions in the Arab States, representatives of international and regional organizations, and international experts and researchers participated in the “Arab Conference on Population and Development: Facts and Perspectives” in Doha, Qatar in 2009. The conference marked the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, where stakeholder recommitted their efforts to advance the MDGs and the general state of population and development.
Publisher
United Nations Population Fund
Number of pages
177
Author
United Nations Population Fund
Publication
Programme of Action
Publication date
01 January 2004
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, UNFPA issued this pocket edition of the ICPD Programme of Action, which was adopted by 179 governments in 1994, and the Key Actions for its further implementation, which were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in July 1999.
Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century
09 April 2014
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Twenty years ago in Cairo, the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) articulated a bold new vision that recognized the human rights of women and young people, including their reproductive health and rights, as cornerstones of sustainable development.
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UNFPA provides life-saving maternal health services and dignity kits to Yemen
10 July 2015
Sana’a, Yemen, 10 July 2015 – Since late March the situation in Yemen has deteriorated as a result of armed conflict and eighty percent of the population is now in need to some kind of humanitarian assistance. More than 1.2 million Yemenis have been displaced, a majority of them women and children. Among the affected population, 525,000 women are estimated to be pregnant, of which almost 80,000 will experience obstetric complications requiring life-saving emergency obstetric and antenatal care. Without such care, as many as 4,000 women risk dying.