Commission
Fortieth session
9 - 13 April 2007
Theme
The changing age structures of populations and their implications for development
Bureau Members
Chairperson:
Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury/Mr. Muhammad Ali Sorcar (Bangladesh)
Vice-Chairpersons:
Mr. Alvaro Portillo (Uruguay), Mr. Abdellah Benmellouk (Morocco), Mr. Andriy Nikitov (Ukraine) and Mr. Thomas Gass (Switzerland)
Keynote Addresses
Keynote addresses by:
- Mr. Ronald Lee on The economic implications of changing age structures
- Dr. Somnath Chatterji on The greying of the world: ageing matters
- Ms. Nyovani Madise on Investing in the future: addressing challenges faced by Africa's young population
Introductory statements and Official documentation
- Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Statement by Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
- Statement by Ms. Hania Zlotnik, Director, United Nations Population Division
Agenda Item 2
E/CN.9/2007/1 - Provisional agenda
E/CN.9/2007/2 - Report of the meetings of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development, held in New York on 3 November 2006, 7 December 2006 and 16 January 2007
E/CN.9/2007/L.1 - Note by the Secretariat containing the organization of the work of the session
E/CN.9/2007/CRP.1 - Note by the Secretariat on the reform of the Economic and Social Council
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- [Chinese]
- [English only]
- [French]
- [Russian]
- [Spanish]
Agenda Item 3
Statement by Mr. Thomas Buettner, Assistant Director, Population Division
E/CN.9/2007/3 - Report of the Secretary-General on world population monitoring, focusing on the changing age structures of populations and their implications for development
Statement by Mr. Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla, Director, Technical Support Division, UNFPA
E/CN.9/2007/4 - Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring of population programmes, focusing on the changing age structures of populations and their implications for development
Statement by Ms. Ann Pawliczko, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA
E/CN.9/2007/5 - Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
E/CN.9/2007/NGO/1 - Statement submitted by Population Action International, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
Agenda Item 4
No official documentation
Agenda Item 5
Statement by Ms. Vasantha Kandiah, Assistant Director, Population Division
E/CN.9/2007/6 - Report of the Secretary-General on world demographic trends
Statement by Mr. Armindo Miranda, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Office of the Director, Population Division
E/CN.9/2007/7 - Report of the Secretary-General on Programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2006: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
E/CN.9/2007/8 - Note by the the Secretariat containing the draft programme of work of the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, for the biennium 2008-2009
Agenda Item 6
E/CN.9/2007/L.2 - Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda for the forty-first session of the Commission
Agenda Item 7
E/CN.9/2007/9 and E/2007/25 - Report of the Commission on its fortieth session
Country statements
Country
UN System Statements
IGO/NGO Statements
Closing statements
- Statement by Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund