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Monday, August 05, 2013THE Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Montevideo, Uruguay.The August 12-15 conference will be opened in the presence of the presidents of Uruguay and Ecuador, José Mujica and Rafael Correa, respectively; ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena; and executive director of UNFPA, Babatunde Osotimehin.The meeting will be attended by official delegations from most ECLAC member-countries and associate members, as well as by senior international officials, experts in population and representatives of non-governmental organisations.ECLAC said the main purpose of the event is to examine 20 years of the region’s progress in implementing the objectives of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development — held in Cairo in 1994 — as well as identifying “key measures for strengthening its implementation and tackling emerging population challenges for the region beyond 2014.”The priority themes to be discussed will include the rights and needs of children and young people, the opportunities and consequences of population dynamics, gender equality, reproductive and sexual rights, international migration, territorial inequality and environmental vulnerability, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendent peoples.At the end of the meeting, it said delegates are expected to adopt a series of agreements on the priority themes for implementing the Programme of Action beyond 2014.
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Uruguay to host regional population meeting
