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General Assembly

Population

Since the United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, three world conferences on population have been held. 

  • The World Population Conference, held in Bucharest in 1974, led to the adoption of the . 
  • In Mexico-City in 1984, the international community agreed on a set of Recommendations for the Further Implementation of the World Population Plan of Action at the International Population Conference. 
  • The International Conference on Population and Development, convened in Cairo, Egypt, held from 5 to 13 September 1994, adopted the Programme of Action, which gave prominence to reproductive health and the empowerment of women. 

 

Two other conferences on population have been convened: the first one in Rome in 1954, the second one in Belgrade in 1965. 

In 1999, the General Assembly adopted the .

 

International migration

Successive world population conferences have examined various aspects of international migration. 

Between 2006 and 2018, the General Assembly devoted four high-level meetings to international migration:

 

Since the Cairo Conference, the General Assembly鈥檚 Second Committee has considered the issue of international migration and development on a biennial basis.