Population and development Ministers recommit to full implementation of ICPD programme of action
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;International Conference on Population and Development;
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African ministers responsible for population and development have re-committed themselves to fully implement the 20-year Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD PoA) by the time it expires in five years. The meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, was to review progress made in implementing the ICPD PoA. Ministers recognized the achievements made at the national, regional and continental levels so far, but expressed concern at the slow progress in the areas of poverty reduction, maternal and child health, gender equity and equality, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and youth employment. Ministers pledged to renew and intensify efforts to mobilize necessary resources, improve national strategies and enhance institutional and human resources so as to accelerate the achievement of the goals of the ICPD PoA and MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) between now and 2014.