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Expert panel on 鈥淚ntegrating population issues into sustainable development, including in the post-2015 development agenda鈥�

缅北禁地Headquarters, Conference Room 5, New York, 22 January 2015 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

The special theme for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will take place in April 2015, will be 鈥淩ealizing the future we want: Integrating population issues into sustainable development, including in the post-2015 development agenda鈥�. In preparation for the Commission, six invited experts will present their recent work and engage in a moderated discussion on the state of scientific knowledge on some of the main substantive issues that are expected to be discussed during the week of the Commission.

Provisional Agenda

• Opening Remarks
  • H.E. Ms. B茅n茅dicte Frankinet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative, Belgium
• Brief overview of major population trends
  • Mr. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division/DESA
• Session 1: Inter-active dialogue on 鈥淧opulation dynamics, economic development, and poverty鈥�
  • Jocelyn Finlay, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
  • Sajeda Amin, The Population Council, New York
  • Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, Cornell University
  • Moderator: Mr. John Wilmoth
• Session 2: Inter-active dialogue on 鈥淧opulation, resources, the environment, and climate change鈥�
  • Lori Hunter, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Leiwan Jiang, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Alex de Sherbinin, Columbia University
  • Moderator: Mr. John Wilmoth
• Closing Remarks
  • H.E. Ms. B茅n茅dicte Frankinet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative, Belgium

Report of the Meeting

Expert panel on 鈥淚ntegrating population issues into sustainable development, including in the post-2015 development agenda鈥�

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