ICPD 10th anniversary observance in Africa : objectives, process and modalities January 2003- April 2004

Abstract

In recent years two population and development frameworks are in use in African countries i.e. the Dakar/Ngor Declaration on Population, Family and Sustainable Development (DND) and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The DND which resulted from the Third African Population Conference (APC.3) held in Dakar, Senegal in December 1992 formed the basis of the African Common Position submitted to the ICPD (Cairo, 1994).

The year 2004 will mark the tenth anniversary of the ICPD i.e. ICPD+10 and, as mandated by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will undertake, in collaboration with the UNFPA, a ten-year review of the implementation of the Programme of Action in the Africa region.