Creating a New Consensus on Population

by Singh, Jyoti Shankar

• ISBN13: 9781844079063
• ISBN10: 1844079066
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Population growth, reproductive rights and health are amongst the most pressing issues facing governments and the international community. Since the world's governments agreed for the first time on far-reaching and enlightened population policies at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a good deal of progress has been made on these issues over the past fifteen years, but major challenges remain.This fully updated edition of Creating a New Consensus on Population charts international progress on efforts to address population and development, reproductive and health rights, religion, contraception and the empowerment of women. Historical coverage includes the lead up process to the ICPD, the conference itself and the global consensus and the ICPD Programme of Action that resulted. It then turns to how population issues have developed over the past decade and a half including follow-up and implementation at the international level by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other UN agencies and organizations. Key international events are covered including the 1999 ICPD+5, Millennium Summit 2000, ICPD+10 and the 2005 MDG+5 as well as relevant regional events. The book also examines the reorientation of policies and programmes and implementation at national levels across the world. Crucially, it looks at emerging issues and partnerships including the increasing role of NGOs, women's groups, youth groups, foundations, public-private partnerships and other non-state stakeholders. Written by Jyoti Shankar Singh, former ICPD Executive Coordinator, this is the definitive account of how the international community has engaged with population issues and policies and it offers insight into both the ongoing challenges as well as how an international consensus can be forged on crucial global issues. It is essential reading for all those involved in population, health and development issues and policies world-wide.

Author Biography

Jyoti Shankar Singh is Permanent Observer to the United Nations for Partners in Population and Development (PPD), an intergovernmental organization of 24 developing countries dedicated to promotion of South-South cooperation. He is Former Deputy Executive Director of the UNFPA and served as Executive Coordinator of the 1984 International Conference on Population and the 1994 ICPD.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List of acronyms and abbreviations	p. xv
Bucharest, Mexico and Cairo	p. 1
Bucharest Conference	p. 4
What was Achieved at Bucharest?	p. 10
Mexico Conference	p. 11
Mexico Recommendations	p. 17
The Amsterdam Forum	p. 20
The Cairo Process: Extensive and Inclusive	p. 20
From Family Planning to Reproductive Health	p. 29
Basic Rights of 'Couples and Individuals'	p. 29
Definition of Reproductive Health	p. 31
Operational Linkages	p. 32
Expert Group Meetings	p. 33
Regional Conferences	p. 35
NQO Meetings	p. 39
PrepCom II	p. 41
Round Tables and Other Meetings	p. 46
Draft Final Document	p. 48
PrepCom III	p. 52
Views on Abortion	p. 53
Cairo: Move Towards a Consensus	p. 57
Debate on Abortion	p. 64
A New Consensus	p. 68
What Did Cairo Accomplish on Reproductive Health?	p. 72
Population and Development	p. 77
Integration of Population and Development Strategies	p. 78
Population Growth and Structure	p. 84
The Reduction or Morbidity and Mortality	p. 88
Population Distribution and Migration	p. 91
Refugees and Displaced Persons	p. 91
International Migration	p. 93
Data, Research and Training	p. 97
The Role of Population Specialists at Cairo	p. 98
The Empowerment of Women	p. 101
Bucharest and Mexico	p. 101
Expect Group Meeting on Population and Women	p. 103
PrepCom II	p. 104
Draft Final Document and PrepCom III	p. 106
Definition of Family	p. 109
Other Issues and Concerns	p. 110
Was Women's Empowerment Overemphasized?	p. 112
Partnership with the Non-Governmental Sector	p. 117
NGOs in the Bucharest Preparatory Process	p. 118
NGOs and the Mexico Conference	p. 121
NGOs and the Cairo Conference	p. 122
NGO Accreditation	p. 123
NGOs in the ICPD Process	p. 126
NGO Events	p. 129
Cooperation with the Private Sector	p. 132
Mobilizing Resources for Population Programmes	p. 135
Historical Perspective	p. 136
UNFPA Review and Assessment	p. 137
Amsterdam Forum	p. 139
ICPD Preparatory Activities	p. 141
Funding Estimates	p. 143
PrepCom III	p. 147
Negotiations in Cairo	p. 150
South-South Cooperation	p. 152
20/20 Concept	p. 153
Additional Resources for Development	p. 155
The Cairo Agenda and the International Community	p. 157
ICPD+5	p. 158
21st Special Session of the General Assembly	p. 159
ICPD Goals and MDGs	p. 167
ICPD+10	p. 171
MDG+5	p. 175
ICPD+15	p. 176
Institutional Response	p. 179
Governance of UNFPA	p. 182
Institutional Arrangements	p. 183
Agency Follow-up and Inter-agency Collaboration	p. 184
Follow-up by UN Organizations	p. 188
UNAIDS	p. 191
New Partnerships	p. 193
Implementing the Cairo Agenda	p. 197
Maternal Mortality	p. 199
International Migration	p. 201
Integration of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services	p. 202
Reproductive Health Commodity Security	p. 203
Decline in Funding for Family Planning	p. 204
Adolescent Health	p. 205
Data Collection and Analysis	p. 206
Empowerment of Women	p. 206
The Increasing Role of the NGO Sector	p. 208
Mobilization of Resources	p. 210
Implementing the Cairo Agenda	p. 216
Should there be another Global Conference?	p. 217
Notes and references	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 227
Appendix: Chronology of major events relating to the International Conference on Population and Development	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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