Conference to strategise on fulfilling International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda
Online writer
THE ongoing 20th International Inter-Ministerial Conference on South to South and Triangular Cooperation in Population and Development in Victoria Falls is aimed at strategising on fulfilling outstanding issues on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda
The ICPD is a United Nations coordinated International Conference on Population and Development established in Cairo, Egypt, on 5–13 September 1994.
Its resulting Programme of Action is the steering document for the United Nations Population Fund.
President Mnangagwa officially opened the conference, which is running from 9-10 October 2023, this morning.
It is being held in conjunction with Partners in Population and Development (PPD), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and other local partners. The conference aims to deliver on the vision of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
According to the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting services, the platform will enable Ministers, high level officials, subject experts, representatives from development partners and youth leaders to discuss and agree on the priority actions to be taken to attain the unfinished agenda of the ICPD.
“Objectives of the Conference are to provide a high-level forum for multidimensional dialogue, advocacy, peer review, and shared commitment to; celebrate the 30 years of progress in achieving ICPD program of Action, while setting the stage to recommit and focus on the future; depolarise the ICPD agenda on some key issues and aim to bring everyone together to reinvigorate common drive for the goals; -shape the future agenda for ICPD; and strengthen South-South and Triangular Cooperation as an accelerator in the achievement of ICPD goals.
